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US long products imports rise 22% in August

September 19, 2012

After a fall of about 20% between June and July, US long products imports increased 22% from 166,000 short tons in July to 204,000 tons in August. In comparison, August long products imports in 2011 were 190,000 tons, in 2010 249,000 tons, in 2009 125,000 tons, in 2008 232,000 tons, and in 2007 347,000 tons. […]

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US flat products imports fall 12% in August

September 6, 2012

Based on reported import licenses and as compared to preliminary July census data, US flat products imports dropped 12% from 735,000 short tons to 649,000 tons in August. August flat products imports in 2011 were 639,000 tons, in 2010 468,000 tons, and in 2009 353,000 tons. A decline in hot rolled imports drove the overall […]

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World crude steel production 127.9 million tonnes in June

July 23, 2012

Worldsteel published June’s global crude steel production on July 20th. World crude production was 127.9 million tonnes, a change of only 0.05% compared to June 2011 for the 62 countries reporting. Average daily production rose by 0.7% compared to May 2012. China’s production dropped from May’s 61.2 to 60.2 million tonnes, which is an increase […]

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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 […]

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US long products imports fall 8% in February

March 20, 2012

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports declined 8% from 295,000 short tons in January to 273,000 tons in February. In comparison, February long products imports in 2011 were 196,000 tons and in 2010 they were 206,000 tons. After a strong rise in January, rebar imports dropped by 43,000 tons mainly due to […]

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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 […]

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