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Worldsteel raises 2017 world steel demand growth forecast

April 22, 2017

In its latest Short Range Outlook (SRO), published April 21st, Worldsteel revised its world apparent steel use (ASU) growth forecast upward. The revision increased estimated world steel demand growth between 2016 and 2017 from 0.5% in its October 2016 Short Range Outlook to 1.3% in the recent published figures. While China’s ASU was expected to […]

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January 2016 world crude steel production 127.7M tonnes

February 24, 2016

Worldsteel published January’s world crude steel production on February 23rd. World crude steel production was 127.7 million metric tonnes, 7.1% lower than in January 2015. China accounted for 49% of world production in January with an output of 63.2M tonnes, down 7.8% compared to January 2015. Significant production declines compared to January 2015 in the […]

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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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