Posts tagged as:

Italy

US flat products imports rise 34% in April

May 14, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 34% from 660,000 short tons in March to 887,000 tons in April. This is the highest level of flat products imports since we started collecting data in September 2008. The climb was driven by a 75% or 207,000-ton rise in hot rolled imports, with significant […]

Read the full article →

World crude steel production down 2.5% in February

March 22, 2012

worldsteel published February 2012’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. For the 59 countries reporting to worldsteel, production dropped by 2.5% between January and February to 119 million metric tonnes. In comparison, February 2011 world crude steel production for these countries was 117 million tonnes. Crude steel production in China dropped by 850,000 tonnes in […]

Read the full article →

World crude steel production up 2% January 2012

February 29, 2012

worldsteel published January 2012’s world crude steel production last Tuesday. World production increased by 1.8% between December and January to 118 million metric tonnes. A number of countries increased production by between 200,000 and 350,000 tonnes in January including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the US and Japan. Counteracting this were production declines in the Africa/Middle […]

Read the full article →

World crude steel production rises 6.8% in 2011

January 24, 2012

worldsteel published December 2011 and full-year 2011 world crude steel production on Monday. Looking at the monthly results, December production increased 1.5% over November to 117 million metric tonnes, though daily production declined 1.8%. China, the US, Russia and Turkey each showed significantly higher production while France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan all showed declines. […]

Read the full article →

World crude steel production published for September 2011

October 21, 2011

worldsteel published September 2011’s world crude steel production today. Average daily production increased by 2.8% though monthly production was down 0.5% due to the short month. Countries where production declined the most in September included China with a 2.05 million metric tonne drop, the Ukraine (down 0.3 million tonnes), and the US (down 0.25 million […]

Read the full article →

World crude steel production published for August 2011

September 21, 2011

worldsteel published August 2011’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. Monthly production and average daily production both declined by 2.3% between July and August. Countries where production fell most included Italy, down 1,215K metric tonnes, China, down 550K tonnes, and France, down 440K tonnes. However, production increased in Spain, Russia, and the United States each […]

Read the full article →