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US flat products imports rise 32% on March 2020

April 8, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 32% from 562,000 short tons in March 2020 to 741,000 tons last month. The highest volume increase came from hot rolled where volumes rose mainly from South Korea and Canada. Hot dip galvanized imports also rose significantly due to higher volumes from Taiwan, Canada and […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: US Steelmaking Capacity Utilization

April 2, 2021

If you are following the US steel industry, you’ll be interested in this week’s featured dataset, “AISI Capacity Utilization”. This dataset has figures published weekly by the American Iron and Steel Association including raw steelmaking capacity utilization and production. In the graph below showing capacity utilization since 2008, you can see the effects of the […]

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World crude steel production up 4.1% on February 2020 to 150.2Mt

March 24, 2021

Worldsteel published February 2021 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 150.2 million metric tonnes, 4.1% higher than in February 2021. China produced 83 million tonnes in February, accounting for 55% of world output and rising 10.9% on February 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian production fell 3.1%, Japanese production dropped 5.6%, […]

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US long products imports down 3% on February 2020

March 22, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 3% from 241,000 short tons in February 2020 to 234,000 tons last month. Licenses indicate that the decline was mainly due to lower parallel flange sections imports which dropped significantly from Luxembourg. US long products imports over the first two months of 2021 were also […]

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US flat products imports rise 17% on February 2020

March 10, 2021

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 17% from 555,000 short tons in February 2020 to 647,000 tons last month. The highest volume increase came from hot roll where import volumes were up from Japan, South Korea, and Turkey. Cold rolled imports also rose significantly due to higher volumes from Australia, the […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: Australian quarterly iron ore exports 225Mt

March 9, 2021

Did you know that Australian quarterly iron ore exports hit a historical peak of 225 million metric tonnes in Q2 2020 and that 191 million tonnes were exported to China? This and a whole lot more can be found in the Steel Data Room’s featured dataset, “Met Coal and Iron Ore Consumption, Trade, and Prices” […]

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