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US long products imports fall 9% in June

July 21, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports declined 9% from 236,000 short tons in May to 214,000 tons in June. This can be compared to long products imports of 105,000 tons in June 2009, 269,000 tons in June 2008 and 496,000 tons in June 2007. The decline was driven by lower wire rod […]

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World’s largest steel producers 2009

July 16, 2010

Worldsteel published two potentially useful items recently. First, they published World Steel in Figures 2010 – which actually just covers up to 2009. They also published their list of the largest steel producers in 2009. They publish the list in html and pdf formats. Here’s the link to the announcement. Unfortunately, the PDF file at […]

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Posco reports Q2 earnings

July 13, 2010

Posco reported very impressive Q2 earnings today.  See the company’s earnings presentation here.  EBITDA per ton shipped was $237 for Q2, up from $211 in Q1.  The company seems fairly bullish about global steel demand for this year, which is forecast to finish 2010 up 12% at 1,255 million tonnes (MT), from 1,120 MT  in […]

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Crude steel production up 29%

June 21, 2010

Global crude steel production kept close to its record-setting pace in April. According to worldsteel’s most recent production report released today, crude steel production was a little over 124MT in May, up 29% from the same month in 2009. Capacity utilization sagged a little to 82% globally. All the data are below:  

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US long products imports decline 12% in May

June 17, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports dropped 12% from 273,000 short tons in April to 239,000 tons in May. This can be compared to long products imports of 98,000 tons in May 2009, 242,000 tons in May 2008 and 591,000 in May 2007. The decline in May was driven by a 48,000 […]

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US flat products imports increase 8% in May

June 9, 2010

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports climbed 8% in May compared to preliminary April census data. Imports increased from 556,000 short tons to 602,000 tons. This can be compared to 350,000 of flat products imports in May 2009. The increase was driven by hot roll imports which rose 17% to 354,00 tons […]

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