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World steel production steady through November – record beckons

December 20, 2010

worldsteel’s latest release detailing world crude steel production in November shows a modest (

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US long products imports up 3% in November

December 20, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 3% from 179,000 short tons in October to 184,000 tons in November. This can be compared to long products imports of 99,000 tons in November 2009, 173,000 tons in November 2008, and 235,000 tons in November 2007. Rebar, beams, and structural angles and channels imports […]

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US flat products imports rise 11% in November

December 13, 2010

Based on reported import licenses and after dropping about the same amount in October, US flat products imports increased 11% from 509,000 short tons to 564,000 tons in November. This can be compared to 423,000 tons in November 2009 and 641,000 tons in November 2008. Hot rolled imports rose the most, by 65,000 tons, driven […]

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Papers from 69th OECD Steel Committee Meeting in Paris

December 8, 2010

The OECD Steel Committee held its 69th session last week. They’re bona fide steel nerds from government, industry associations and steel companies. They say that members and observers account for around 60% of world steel production and 76% of world exports of steel – but this looks like old data. Their declared purpose is to […]

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World crude steel production up again in October

November 19, 2010

worldsteel published the world’s crude steel production data for October today. So here are the data below and here’s a link to the press release. Production was up a little under 5% for the month over September in total and a little under 2% on a daily production rate. Everywhere seemed to show some improvement. […]

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US long products imports flat in October

November 19, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports stayed flat in October at 194,000 short tons compared to September imports of 195,000 tons. Imports of all products declined except for beams and structural angles and channels. Beams imports more than doubled from 15,000 tons to 35,000 tons, with the rise coming mainly from Germany, […]

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