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World crude steel production published for September 2011

October 21, 2011

worldsteel published September 2011’s world crude steel production today. Average daily production increased by 2.8% though monthly production was down 0.5% due to the short month. Countries where production declined the most in September included China with a 2.05 million metric tonne drop, the Ukraine (down 0.3 million tonnes), and the US (down 0.25 million […]

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US long products imports drop 26% in September

October 19, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 26% from 190,000 short tons in August to 142,000 tons in September. This can be compared to 195,000 tons in September 2010, 136,000 tons in September 2009, 233,000 tons in September 2008 and 312,000 tons in September 2007. Rebar imports dropped by 29,000 tons due […]

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US flat products imports drop 11% in September

October 13, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 11% from 637,000 short tons in August (preliminary census data), to 564,000 tons in September. Flat products imports in September 2010 were only 1,000 tons different from 2011 at 563,000 tons while September 2009 imports were 434,000 tons and September 2008 imports were 816,000 tons. […]

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World crude steel production published for August 2011

September 21, 2011

worldsteel published August 2011’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. Monthly production and average daily production both declined by 2.3% between July and August. Countries where production fell most included Italy, down 1,215K metric tonnes, China, down 550K tonnes, and France, down 440K tonnes. However, production increased in Spain, Russia, and the United States each […]

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US long products imports rise 6% in August

September 20, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 6% from 180,000 short tons in July to 190,000 tons in August. This can be compared to 249,000 tons of imports in August 2010, 125,000 tons in August 2009, and 207,000 tons in August 2008. Imports of rebar, merchant bar, light shapes, and structural angles […]

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US flat products imports drop 20% in August

September 16, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports declined 20% from 830,000 short tons in July to 667,000 tons in August. In comparison, flat products imports in August 2010 were 468,000 tons and in August 2009 they were 353,000 tons. The decline was driven by a 129,000 ton drop in hot roll imports which […]

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