December 23, 2011
worldsteel published November 2011’s world crude steel production last Monday. Average daily production dropped 3% but monthly production declined by 6% (due to the short November month) to 115.5 million metric tonnes. The 4.8 million-tonne fall in production in China (about 9%) drove the overall decline, but production also declined by over 200,000 tonnes in […]
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December 19, 2011
Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports fell 20% from 149,000 short tons in October to 120,000 tons in November, bringing longs imports back to levels of mid-2009. November imports in 2010 were 189,000 tons, in 2009 99,000 tons, in 2008 173,000 tons, and in 2007 235,000 tons. A fall in wire rod […]
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