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October world crude steel production 136.5M tonnes

November 22, 2016

Worldsteel published October’s world crude steel production on November 21st. World crude steel output was 136.5 million metric tonnes, 3.3% higher than in October 2015. World crude steel production in the first ten months of 2016 was the same as in the first ten months of 2015. China accounted for 50% of world output in […]

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US long products imports up 3% in October

November 22, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports were little changed in October, rising 3% from 403,000 short tons in September to 414,000 tons. Long products imports in October 2015 were 531,000 tons and in 2014 they were 494,000 tons. Longs imports in the first ten months of 2016 were 2% higher than in […]

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AD/CVD duty table for major steel products entering the USA

November 17, 2016

Keeping up with the current antidumping and countervailing duties on steel products entering the US can be difficult. We’ve put together a list which you can download – see table below. It is organized into three product categories: flat rolled products, long products, and pipe & tube. I’ve tried to include the most recent decisions, […]

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ArcelorMittal, Gerdau, and Ternium Q3 earnings

November 9, 2016

Rounding out Q3 earnings, we now have results from ArcelorMittal, Gerdau, and Ternium. ArcelorMittal’s EBITDA per ton was basically unchanged at $78 in Q3 vs. $77 in Q2. Gerdau reported a slight improvement in EBITDA per ton (to $89 from $77) on lower shipments, while Ternium saw a big jump in EBITDA per ton, from […]

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US flat products imports increase 4% in October

November 9, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 4% from 904,000 short tons in September to 943,000 tons in October. Flat products imports in October 2015 were 930,000 tons and in October 2014 they were 1,538,000 tons. Imports of flat products for the first ten months of 2016 were 21% lower than in […]

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More Q3 earnings (AHMSA, CMC, SSAB, TimkenSteel, US Steel)

November 2, 2016

More third quarter earnings have been released and we’ve updated the Nerds of Steel earnings spreadsheet, which holds the data behind the chart that appears below. Among recently reporting companies, three achieved better EBITDA per ton in Q3 vs. Q2 and two companies saw a deterioration in financial performance. Improvements were posted by AHMSA, which […]

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