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US flat products imports are flat in October

November 16, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 1% from 434,000 short tons in September to 438,000 tons in October. This shows a slowing of flat imports growth after strong 10-25% growth per month since July. Driving the small rise were hot dip galvanized imports which rose 8% to 91,000 tons, with imports […]

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Ternium Q3 results

November 5, 2009

Ternium announced 3rd quarter 2009 earnings last night.  The press release can be found here.  The company continued to perform well, generating $137 of EBITDA per ton during the quarter.  This is the second best performance recorded yet on the Nerds of Steel earnings spreadsheet.  Only Posco, with an EBITDA of $151 per ton, has […]

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ArcelorMittal Q3 earnings

October 28, 2009

ArcelorMittal announced Q3 2009 earnings this morning.  See the press release here and the results presentation here.  As can be seen on the Nerds of Steel earnings spreadsheet, shipments rose from 18.7 to 20.1 million tons and EBITDA per ton rose to $79 in Q3 from $65 in Q2.   The company has now achieved its […]

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US Steel and AK Steel announce Q3 earnings

October 27, 2009

US Steel and AK Steel announced Q3 2009 financial results this morning.  US Steel’s press release can be found here and AK’s release can be found here. US Steel’s shipments rose sharply, from 2.9 million tons in Q2 to 4.2 millin tons in Q3.  However, the company’s high fixed costs resulted in a negative gross […]

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World crude steel output in September continues to recover

October 26, 2009

The world’s production of crude steel continued to recover in September 2009 according to the latest output data from worldsteel. It was a modest improvement from August to be sure of a little more than 250KT, but it continued a recovery that has lasted all year. The world’s record monthly crude steel output was in […]

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China results for September: crude production down 3% and exports up 19%

October 25, 2009

Chinese crude steel production fell 3% from 52.3 million metric tonnes in August to 50.7 million tonnes in September. This is 28% higher than September 2008 crude production. Finished steel exports continued to climb, rising by 19% to 2.47 million tonnes. In comparison, September 2008 finished steel exports were 6.7 million tonnes. Net finished steel […]

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