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US flat products imports increase 31% in January

February 26, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 31% from 542,000 short tons in December to 708,000 tons in January. In comparison, January flat products imports in 2011 were 534,000 tons. Cut plate, hot rolled and and cold rolled imports each rose by just over 50,000 tons while hot dip galvanized imports rose […]

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Essar Algoma, Gerdau. and Ternium 2011 earnings

February 23, 2012

More earnings have been reported since my last post.  See links to the latest earnings releases below. Essar Algoma earnings release Gerdau SA earnings release Ternium earnings release As usual, Ternium posted strong results.  The company’s full year 2011 EBITDA per ton was $172, by far the highest among the companies we track in the […]

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US long products imports climb 83% in January

February 19, 2012

Based on reported import licenses and after a 56% rise in December, US long products imports rose 83% from 180,000 short tons in December to 331,000 tons in January. January imports in 2011 were 221,000 tons, in 2010 166,000 tons, in 2009 264,000 tons, and in 2008 385,000 tons. A 95,000-ton rise in rebar imports […]

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ArcelorMittal 2011 results

February 10, 2012

ArcelorMittal released Q4 and full year 2011 financial results this week. The English version of the press release can be found here.  EBITDA per ton in Q4 was $75, the highest number recorded so far among the companies we track in the Nerds of Steel earnings spreadsheet.  For the full year, ArcelorMittal generated EBITDA of […]

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Q4 2011 results for AK, Nucor, SDI, and US Steel

February 3, 2012

Sorry for my tardiness but Q4 results have started being released.  Below are links to earnings announcements for the first four North American steel companies to release Q4 earnings. AK Steel earnings press release Nucor earnings press release Steel Dynamics earnings press release US Steel earnings press release EBITDA per ton dropped in Q4 relative […]

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World crude steel production rises 6.8% in 2011

January 24, 2012

worldsteel published December 2011 and full-year 2011 world crude steel production on Monday. Looking at the monthly results, December production increased 1.5% over November to 117 million metric tonnes, though daily production declined 1.8%. China, the US, Russia and Turkey each showed significantly higher production while France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan all showed declines. […]

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