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China crude steel production 61.6 million tonnes in January

March 3, 2014

China crude steel production was 61.6 million metric tonnes in January, 3% lower than in January 2013. January was the 4th month in a row of lower average daily production, having dropped 3.7% in October, 3.3% in November, 0.9% in December, and a further 1.3% in January to reach an average 1.99 million tonnes of […]

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January world crude steel production 130MT

February 24, 2014

Worldsteel published January’s global crude steel production on February 20th. World crude steel production was 129.8 million metric tonnes, 0.4% lower than in January 2013 and 0.5% higher than in December 2013. China’s production accounted for 47% of total world production in January and showed a 3.2% decline between January 2013 and January 2014 and […]

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US flat products imports increase 48% in January

February 13, 2014

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 48% from 738,000 short tons in December to 988,000 tons in January. January flat products imports in 2013 were 666,000 tons, in 2012 705,000 tons, in 2011 534,000 tons and in 2010 440,000 tons. The rise in January imports compared to December was mainly due […]

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Q4 2013 earnings for AK, Nucor, Steel Dynamics, and US Steel

February 4, 2014

Earnings for the final quarter of 2013 are being released.  So far four companies we track in the Nerds of Steel Earnings Spreadsheet have reported. See links to their press releases below. AK Steel earnings press release Nucor earnings press release Stel Dynamics earnings press release US Steel earnings press release Three of the four […]

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China crude steel production 62.4mt in December and 774.6mt in 2013

January 28, 2014

China crude steel production was 62.4 million metric tonnes in December, 8% higher than in December 2012. Full-year 2013 crude production reached another record at 774.5 million tonnes, 9% higher than full-year 2012 output. December was the third month in a row of lower average daily production, having dropped 4% in October, 3% in November, […]

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2013 world crude steel production 1.58Bn tonnes

January 24, 2014

Worldsteel published December and full-year 2013 global crude steel production on January 23rd. World crude steel production was 129.2 million metric tonnes in December, 6.5% higher than in December 2012. Full-year 2013 production was 1,578 million tonnes, 4.5% higher than in 2012. Chinese crude production accounted for 49% of full-year world output and showed a […]

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