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US flat products imports rise 3% in August

September 5, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 3% from 678,000 short tons in July to 701,000 tons in August. August flat products imports in 2012 were 695,000 tons, in 2011 639,000 tons, in 2010 468,000 tons, and in 2009 353,000 tons. Hot dip galvanized and cold rolled imports both rose by about […]

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China crude production 65.5 million tonnes in July

September 3, 2013

China crude steel production was 65.5 million metric tonnes in July, 6% higher than in July 2012. Year-to-July production was 454.6 million tonnes, 9% higher than year-to-July production in 2012. Comparing consecutive months, July production was 1% higher than June production, but due to the longer month of July, average daily production in July was […]

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World crude steel production 132 million tonnes in July

August 22, 2013

Worldsteel published July’s global crude steel production on August 20th. World crude steel production was 132.3 million metric tonnes, 2.9% higher than in July 2012 and 1.0% higher than in June 2013. Chinese production increased by 3.8 million tonnes (+6%) between July 2012 and July 2013 to reach 65.5 million tonnes but the month on […]

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US long products imports flat in July

August 18, 2013

Based on reported import licenses (and after last month’s 34% drop), US long products imports were essentially flat, dropping by less than 0.5% to 238,000 short tons between June and July. In comparison, July long products imports were 166,000 tons in 2012, 180,000 tons in 2011, 232,000 tons in 2010, 104,000 tons in 2009, 270,000 […]

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US flat products imports up 5% in July

August 8, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 5% from 607,000 short tons in June to 636,000 tons in July. July flat products imports in 2012 were 798,000 tons, in 2011 830,000 tons, in 2010 600,000 tons, and in 2009 291,000 tons. The change was due to higher hot rolled imports of almost […]

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Q2 2013 earnings

August 7, 2013

Earnings for Q2 2013 have been released for most of the companies we track in the Nerds of Steel earnings spreadsheet.  Links to the press releases are shown below. AHMSA’s Q2 report  (in Spanish) AK Steel Q2 earnings release ArcelorMIttal Q2 press release (English version) Commercial Metals earnings release for period ending May 2013 Gerdau […]

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