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World crude steel production 132 million tonnes in July

August 22, 2013

Worldsteel published July’s global crude steel production on August 20th. World crude steel production was 132.3 million metric tonnes, 2.9% higher than in July 2012 and 1.0% higher than in June 2013. Chinese production increased by 3.8 million tonnes (+6%) between July 2012 and July 2013 to reach 65.5 million tonnes but the month on […]

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US long products imports flat in July

August 18, 2013

Based on reported import licenses (and after last month’s 34% drop), US long products imports were essentially flat, dropping by less than 0.5% to 238,000 short tons between June and July. In comparison, July long products imports were 166,000 tons in 2012, 180,000 tons in 2011, 232,000 tons in 2010, 104,000 tons in 2009, 270,000 […]

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China crude production 64.7 million tonnes in June

July 30, 2013

China crude steel production was 64.7 million metric tonnes in June, 7% higher than in June 2012. Year-to-June production was 389.1 million tonnes, 9% higher than year-to-June production in 2012. Comparing consecutive months, June production was 3.5% lower than May production, but due to the shorter month of June, average daily production in June was […]

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World crude steel production 132 million tonnes in June

July 30, 2013

Worldsteel published June’s global crude steel production on July 22nd. World crude steel production was 131.7 million metric tonnes, 3.3% higher than in June 2012 but the same 4.39 million tonnes on average per day as in May 2013. Chinese production increased by 4.4 million tonnes between June 2012 and June 2013, but average daily […]

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China crude production 67.0 million tonnes in May

June 25, 2013

China crude steel production was 67.0 million tonnes in May, 9.5% higher than in May 2012. Year-to-May production was 324.4 million tonnes, 9.6% higher than year-to-May production in 2012. Comparing consecutive months, May production was 2.1% higher than April production, but due to the longer May month, average daily production in May was 1.2% lower. […]

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World crude steel production 136.3 million tonnes in May

June 24, 2013

Worldsteel published May’s global crude steel production on June 20th. World crude steel production was 136.3 million tonnes, 3.6% higher than in May 2012 and 0.2% lower on an average daily basis than April 2013. China production increased by 5.8 million tonnes between May 2012 and May 2013 to reach a monthly record of 67.0 […]

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