February 22, 2010
At least that’s the headline from worldsteel which published world crude steel production data for January today. Of course that’s a rise of 25% comparing January 2010 to January 2009. The press release is here and you can mess about with all the data in the Nerds spreadsheet below. The more interesting analysis is likely […]
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November 5, 2008
Data just released by the AISI shows raw steel capacity utilization at 67.3% during the last week of October, down from close to 90% a couple months ago. How does utilization below 70% compare to previous recessions? And how long might it last? A review of historical data is always a good place to start […]
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