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June world crude steel production 151.4M tonnes

July 26, 2018

Worldsteel published June’s world crude steel production today. World crude steel output was 151.4 million metric tonnes, 5.8% higher than in June 2017. Crude steel production in the first six months of 2018 was 4.7% higher than in the same period last year. China accounted for 53% of world output in June with production of […]

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May world crude steel production 154.9M tonnes

June 25, 2018

Worldsteel published May’s world crude steel production today. World crude steel output was 154.9 million metric tonnes, 6.6% higher than in May 2017. Crude steel production in the first five months of 2018 was 4.6% higher than in the same period last year. China accounted for 52% of world output in May with production of […]

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Who is expanding (or closing) capacity in the North American steel industry? Here’s our update

June 19, 2018

What’s going on in the North American steel industry? In the spreadsheet below, we keep track of steel industry capacity additions, closures, idlings, and restarts, together with links to news sources. It is organized by product: upstream, carbon long products, carbon flat roll, stainless & silicon, pipe & tube, downstream, and steel-related. Download it to […]

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April world crude steel production 148.3M tonnes

May 25, 2018

Worldsteel published April’s world crude steel production today. World crude steel output was 148.3 million metric tonnes, 4.1% higher than in April 2017. Crude production in the first four months of 2018 was 4.1% higher than in the same period last year. China accounted for 52% of world output in April with production of 76.7 […]

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Worldsteel raises 2018 world steel demand forecast

April 18, 2018

In its latest Short Range Outlook (SRO), published yesterday, Worldsteel revised its world apparent steel use (ASU) growth forecast for 2018 upward. The revision increased estimated world steel demand growth between 2017 and 2018 from 1.6% in its October 2017 Short Range Outlook to 1.8% in the recent published figures. China accounted for 46.4% of […]

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Worldsteel raises 2017 steel demand growth forecast on improved China, EU, NAFTA outlook

October 17, 2017

In its latest Short Range Outlook (SRO), published October 16th, Worldsteel revised its world apparent steel use (ASU) growth forecast upward. The revision increased estimated world steel demand growth between 2016 and 2017 from 1.3% in its April 2017 Short Range Outlook to 7.0% in the recent published figures. In addition, it revised the demand […]

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