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US flat products imports drop 16% in February

March 12, 2015

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 16% from 1,499,000 short tons in January to 1,252,000 tons in February. Flat products imports in February 2014 were 982,000 tons and in February 2013 they were 674,000 tons. The January and February flat products imports total so far this year is 45% higher than […]

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China crude steel production 65.5mt in January

March 4, 2015

Worldsteel reported Chinese crude steel production at 65.5 million metric tonnes in January, 4.7% lower than in January 2014 and 3.8% lower than in December 2015. China’s net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in January were 9.1 million tonnes based on a record high volume of exports at 10.3 million tonnes. January net exports […]

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January world crude steel production 133.1M tonnes

March 2, 2015

Worldsteel published January’s world crude steel production on February 20th. World crude steel production was 133.1 million metric tonnes, 2.9% lower than in January 2014 and 0.5% lower than in December 2014. China accounted for 49% of world crude steel production in January with output of 65.5 million tonnes, down 4.7% compared to January 2014. […]

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China crude steel production 68.1mt in December and 822.7mt in 2014

January 28, 2015

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 68.1 million metric tonnes in December, 1.5% higher than in December 2013 and showing a 4.1% increase in the average daily production rate compared to November 2014. Full-year 2014 Chinese crude production was 822.7 million tonnes, 0.9% higher than full-year 2013 output. In addition, Chinese net finished […]

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2014 world crude steel production 1.66Bn tonnes

January 27, 2015

Worldsteel published December and full-year 2014 global crude steel production on January 22nd. World crude steel production was 133.7 million tonnes in December, 0.1% higher than in December 2013. Full-year 2014 production was 1,662 million tonnes, 1.2% higher than in 2013. Chinese crude production accounted for 49.5% of full-year world output and showed a 0.9% […]

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US flat products imports drop 5% in December

January 8, 2015

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports fell 5% from 1,329,000 short tons in November to 1,268,000 tons in December. Flat products imports in December 2013 were 738,000 tons and in December 2012 they were 721,000 tons. Based on the recent licenses report, full-year 2014 flat products imports were 14,233,000 tons, 69% higher […]

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