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October world crude steel production 134M tonnes

November 26, 2013

Worldsteel published October’s global crude steel production on November 20th. World crude steel production was 134.3 million metric tonnes, 7% higher than in October 2012 and 1% higher than in September 2013. Chinese production rose by 10% between October 2012 and 2013 to reach 65.1 million tonnes though average daily production month-on-month fell 2% between […]

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US September flat products imports 816,000 tons, October licenses incomplete

November 22, 2013

US flat products imports for September were 816,000 short tons, 3% higher than my estimate based on import licenses reported October 31st. It is impossible to predict October imports based on import licenses because the figures reported by SIMA are incomplete due to the October 1st to 16th government shutdown (see also my earlier post […]

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US September long products imports 255,000 tons, October licenses incomplete

November 22, 2013

US long products imports for September were 255,000 short tons, only 1% higher than my estimate based on import licenses reported October 24th. It is more difficult to make an estimate of October imports based on import licenses because the figures reported by SIMA appear to be have been affected by the US government shutdown […]

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World crude steel production 132.5 million tonnes in September

October 31, 2013

Worldsteel published September’s global crude steel production on October 21st. World crude steel production was 132.5 million metric tonnes, 7% higher than in September 2012 and 1% higher than in August 2013. Chinese production rose by 13% between September 2012 and 2013 to reach 65.4 million tonnes though production fell by 1% from August 2013 […]

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World crude steel production 130 million tonnes in August

September 23, 2013

Worldsteel published August’s global crude steel production on September 20th. World crude steel production was 130.4 million metric tonnes, 5.4% higher than in August 2012 and 1.1% lower than in July 2013. Chinese production increased by 13% between August 2012 and August 2013 to reach 66.3 million tonnes – more than 50% of world production. […]

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US long products imports rise 12% in August

September 20, 2013

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 12% from 213,000 short tons in July to 238,000 tons in August. In comparison, August long products imports in 2012 were 197,000 tons, in 2011 190,000 tons, in 2010 249,000 tons, in 2009 125,000 tons, in 2008 232,000 tons, and finally in 2007 347,000 tons. […]

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