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China crude steel production 63.2M tonnes in January

February 25, 2016

Worldsteel reported Chinese crude steel production at 63.2 million metric tonnes in January, 7.8% lower than in January 2015. China’s net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in January were 8.8 million tonnes, 3.6% lower than in January 2015 and 14.0% lower than the record net exports level reached in September 2015. China monthly crude […]

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January 2016 world crude steel production 127.7M tonnes

February 24, 2016

Worldsteel published January’s world crude steel production on February 23rd. World crude steel production was 127.7 million metric tonnes, 7.1% lower than in January 2015. China accounted for 49% of world production in January with an output of 63.2M tonnes, down 7.8% compared to January 2015. Significant production declines compared to January 2015 in the […]

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US long products imports rise 7% in January

February 21, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 7% from 458,000 short tons in December to 492,000 tons in January. Long products imports in January 2015 were 403,000 tons and in January 2014 they were 447,000 tons. Higher rebar imports from Turkey and Japan drove the increase in total January longs imports, though […]

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US flat products imports fall 7% in January

February 10, 2016

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 7% from 882,000 short tons in December to 825,000 tons in January. Flat products imports in January 2015 were 1,499,000 tons and in January 2014 they were 921,000 tons. Lower cold rolled and cut plate imports drove the overall decline with cold rolled imports falling […]

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China crude steel production 64.4Mt in December and 803.8Mt in 2015

January 27, 2016

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 64.4 million metric tonnes in December, 5.2% lower than in December 2014. Taking into account Worldsteel year-end revisions, full-year output in 2015 was 2.3% lower in 2015 than it was in 2014. In addition, Chinese net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in December were 9.5 million […]

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2015 world crude steel production 1.62Bn tonnes

January 26, 2016

Worldsteel published December and full-year 2015 global crude steel production on January 25th. World crude steel production was 126.7 million metric tonnes in December, 5.7% lower than in December 2014. Full-year 2015 production was 1,623 million tonnes, 2.8% lower than in 2014. Chinese crude production accounted for 50% of full-year 2015 world output and showed […]

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