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US flat products imports rise 27% in August

September 18, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 27% from 291,000 short tons in July to 369,000 tons in August. This compares to flat products imports of 816,000 tons in September 2008 when we started collecting flat products license data. Hot dip galvanized imports showed the only decline from 68,000 tons in July […]

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China results for June: crude production up 6% and consumption 17% higher than 2008

August 11, 2009

Chinese crude steel production climbed 6% from 46.46 million metric tonnes in May to 49.43 million tonnes in June. This is 5% higher than June 2008 production. Net finished steel exports remained marginally negative. After declining every month since December 2008, finished steel exports rose 6% to 1.43 million tonnes. Apparent domestic consumption continued to […]

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World crude steel production up 4% in June

July 20, 2009

The World Steel Association’s crude steel production report published today shows a 4% rise for June over May. Global production is running 21% lower year to date versus 2008, but that varies significantly by region. The developed world is down 45%. The non-China developing world is down 23%. China, by contrast, is up 2%. China […]

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US long products imports rise 9% in June

July 17, 2009

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 9% from 98,000 short tons in May to 108,000 tons in June. To put this in perspective, long products imports in June 2008 were 269,000 tons and in June 2007, 496,000 tons. There were some significant changes within the product categories. Rebar imports dropped 59% […]

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China should get out of steel not strong arm iron ore

July 10, 2009

Things have got serious in the iron ore negotiations in China with spurious ‘espionage’ charges levelled against domestic steel producers and Rio Tinto executives – or here if you don’t have an FT subscription. It’s a stretch to call any iron ore information a state secret, so what might have prompted Chinese officials to take […]

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Profile of the German Steel Industry in 2009

July 7, 2009

The German Steel Federation (VDEh) is one of the best sources of information about its national steel industry (and lots of others too) anywhere in the world. Take for instance, this excellent recent profile of the German Steel Industry (in PDF) by Herr Dr-Ing Carl-Dieter Wuppermann. If you send them to us, we’ll be happy […]

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