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Steel producer output reductions by date

October 23, 2008

Reuters India has very helpfully provided a chronology of recent steel industry production cuts going back to the middle of September. This is the link to the article. While the FT today reports the slowdown of Chinese steel production. The essence of the FT report is this… Shan Shanghua, secretary-general of the China Iron and Steel Association, […]

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6 reasons why a downturn in steel won’t be as bad as in the past

October 15, 2008

The tumult in financial markets will spill over into the ‘real’ economy in a number of ways not least of course in slowing economic growth on regional and global levels. Slower economic growth means less steel consumption and production so it’s worthwhile, if a little sobering, to contemplate just how hard steel might be hit. There have […]

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China results for August: lower crude production but higher net exports

September 19, 2008

Crude steel production in China declined 5% from 44.9 million metric tonnes in July to 42.6m tonnes in August. Net exports increased from 5.8m tonnes to 6.4m tonnes, and the export share of finished steel production continued its climb from 18% in July to 20% in August.  

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Monthly China Post: July net exports at 2008 peak, crude production slows

September 14, 2008

If you are following steel production and trade in China, you might be interested in the spreadsheet below which we will update each month. Since data is typically available six weeks after the end of each month, we are currently posting the July figures. August results should be available by September 20th. China finished steel […]

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Baosteel profile

December 14, 2007

On the subject of China, here’s a nice profile of Baosteel both in China and America.

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China demand expected to grow by 60 MT in 2008

December 14, 2007

The latest issue of the China Metallurgical Newsletter has Chinese steel industry data through October 2007. Based on the first ten months it looks like finished steel demand is likely to come in around 510 million tonnes for the 2007, while net exports are likley to finish 2007 at around 45 million tonnes (exports 62 […]

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