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2008 World Steel Production by Country by Month

January 23, 2009

The World Steel Association just published crude steel production numbers by country for December 2008 so we have provisional 2008 full year data. There are are plenty of articles about the changes in 2008 – like this one from SBB. But if you’re a real nerd, you’ll want the data in a form you can […]

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Updated 2009 US Steel Market Forecast

January 20, 2009

Those of you who read my presentation to the MSCI last September might be interested, amused or even shocked at the update that I presented recently to a corporate event (see slides below). 2008 finished about 10MT shy of the forecast I made in September and therefore 2009 looks to be down at least that […]

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Where to get European scrap price data

January 19, 2009

A Nerds of Steel reader in Australia wrote recently to ask where to find Turkish scrap prices. As we’re always trying to accelerate readers research and reduce their costs, I am following up with information on good sources of European scrap prices. Subscribers to Steel Business Briefing and Metal Bulletin can find European scrap prices […]

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US imports of long products continued to decline in December

January 19, 2009

US long products import licenses declined to 160,000 short tons in December from November actual imports of 173,000 tons. This compares to average monthly Jan-Nov imports of 282,000 tons. Licenses for all products were down in December except parallel flange sections, which climbed from 14,000 tons in November to 29,000 tons, mainly due to a […]

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2009 will be tough for steel – but how tough?

January 6, 2009

2009 will be a difficult year for the global steel industry.  How bad it gets and what happens on the other side of the global slowdown is impossible to predict. But there is no shortage of observers willing to paint a bleak picture.  In a recent article in the Financial Times, Peter Marsh summed up the […]

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China results for Nov: crude production down 2%, exports down 36%

January 6, 2009

November crude steel production in China declined 2% to reach 35.19 million metric tonnes while finished steel production remained flat at 42.30 million tonnes.  Finished steel exports dropped 36% from October to 2.95 million tonnes and apparent domestic consumption reached a high of 40.37 million tonnes.  

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