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US flat steel products imports fall 16% in June

July 12, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US flat steel products imports fell 16% from 911,000 short tons in May to 769,000 tons in June. The biggest volume decline came from hot rolled imports, with product from Canada showing a steep drop, particularly in plate in coil. Flat products imports in the first six months of 2018 […]

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Happy July 4th! It’s Independence (& free steel report) Day in the US!

July 3, 2018

In celebration of Independence Day (& steel) in the US tomorrow, we’re sharing our profile of the US steel industry. Just click on the image below to see and download the full PDF report. This impressive profile was made in our Steel Data Room. The underlying data will automatically update when new data is released […]

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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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US long steel products imports down 10% in May

June 18, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US long steel products imports fell 10% from 427,000 short tons in April to 382,000 tons in May. This was mainly due to lower rebar imports from Turkey, Vietnam and Russia, together with lower parallel flange sections imports from Taiwan and South Korea. Long products imports in the first five […]

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US flat products imports fall 20% in May

June 7, 2018

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports dropped 20% from 1,078,000 short tons in April to 863,000 tons in May. The biggest decline came from hot dip galvanized imports, with product from Russia showing a steep drop. Flat products imports in the first five months of 2018 were 3% higher than in the […]

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