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US long products imports rise 58% on December 2020 and 50% full-year 2020 to 2021

January 20, 2022

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports increased 58% year-on-year from 178,000 short tons in December, 2020 to 280,000 tons in December, 2021. Licenses indicate that the increase was mainly due to higher wire rod imports from Mexico, India, Algeria, South Korea, and Egypt. US long products imports for the full year 2021 […]

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World crude steel production down 9.9% on November 2020 to 143.3Mt, China down 22%

December 22, 2021

Worldsteel published November, 2021 world crude steel production today. World crude steel output was 143.3 million metric tonnes, 9.9% lower than in November, 2020. China produced 69.3 million tonnes in November, accounting for 48% of world output and falling 22.0% on November, 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian steel production rose 2.2% on last […]

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World crude steel production falls 10.6% on October 2020 with China down 23.3%

November 29, 2021

Worldsteel published October 2021 world crude steel production on November 23rd. World crude steel output was 145.7 million metric tonnes, 10.6% lower than in October 2020. China produced 71.6 million tonnes in October, accounting for 49% of world output and falling 23.3% on October 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian steel production rose 2.4% […]

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Steel Data Room: Share of crude steel production through BOF route 90% in China, 30% in the US

November 9, 2021

If you are following the current debate about steelmaking carbon emissions, you might want to remind yourselves about who’s producing steel through the BOF route and who’s producing it through the EAF route. The Steel Data Room’s dataset “World Steel Association Steel Statistical Yearbook” makes that easy. Let’s look at the world’s top five steelmaking […]

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Worldsteel forecasts 4.5% rise in world steel demand in 2021 and further 2.2% increase in 2022 to 1.9Bt

October 14, 2021

In its latest Short Range Outlook (SRO), published today, Worldsteel forecasts world steel demand to grow by 4.5% in 2021 to 1.855 billion metric tonnes. Worldsteel expects steel demand in China to decline by 1% in 2021, a 4.0% revision downward since April’s SRO, while it expects demand outside China to grow by 11.5%, a […]

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Steel Data Room: World iron ore production 2.3Bt in 2020, Australia top producer followed by China

October 1, 2021

First River’s Steel Data Room has “tonnes” of data if you are looking for information on steelmaking raw materials. This week’s Nerds post focuses on two Steel Data Room datasets with world annual minerals production, consumption and trade data. “Met Coal and Iron Ore Consumption, Trade, and Prices” has data from the Australian Government’s Department […]

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