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January world crude steel production 136.5M tonnes

February 24, 2017

Worldsteel published January’s world crude steel production on February 21st. World crude steel output was 136.5M metric tonnes, 7.0% higher than in January 2016. China accounted for 49% of world output in January with production of 67.2 million tonnes, up 7.4% compared to January 2016. Asian crude production outside of China increased by 6.1% driven […]

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US long products imports up 21% in January

February 21, 2017

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 21% from 365,000 short tons in December to 441,000 tons in January. Long products imports in January 2016 were 412,000 tons and in January 2015 they were 403,000 tons. The increase between December and January was mainly due to higher rebar imports from Turkey, though […]

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

February 17, 2017

To keep track of North American steel industry capacity additions, closures, idlings, and restarts we put together a downloadable list with links to announcements and/or news sources. The spreadsheet is organized by product (upstream, carbon long products, carbon flat roll, stainless & silicon, pipe & tube, downstream, and steel-related) and can be viewed on the […]

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US flat steel products imports up 1% in January

February 8, 2017

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 1% from 835,000 short tons in December to 841,000 tons in January. Flat products imports in January 2016 were 997,000 tons and in January 2015 they were 1,499,000 tons. There was little change between December and January because hot rolled and hot dip galvanized imports […]

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2016 world crude steel production 1.63Bn tonnes

January 26, 2017

Worldsteel published December and full-year 2016 global crude steel production on January 25th. World crude steel production was 134.1 million metric tonnes in December, 5.5% higher than in December 2015. Full-year 2016 production was 1,629 million tonnes, 0.8% higher than in 2015. Chinese crude production accounted for 50% of full-year 2016 world output and showed […]

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US long products imports up 6% in December

January 19, 2017

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 6% from 343,000 short tons in November to 362,000 tons in December. Long products imports in December 2015 were 458,000 tons and in December 2014 they were 353,000 tons. Longs imports for the the full 2016 year were basically unchanged from 2015, since the 5% […]

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