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World crude steel production published for August 2011

September 21, 2011

worldsteel published August 2011’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. Monthly production and average daily production both declined by 2.3% between July and August. Countries where production fell most included Italy, down 1,215K metric tonnes, China, down 550K tonnes, and France, down 440K tonnes. However, production increased in Spain, Russia, and the United States each […]

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US long products imports rise 6% in August

September 20, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 6% from 180,000 short tons in July to 190,000 tons in August. This can be compared to 249,000 tons of imports in August 2010, 125,000 tons in August 2009, and 207,000 tons in August 2008. Imports of rebar, merchant bar, light shapes, and structural angles […]

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World crude steel production published for July

August 24, 2011

worldsteel published July 2011’s world crude steel production on Monday. Monthly production declined by 0.7% between June and July and daily production declined by 3.9%. Countries which contributed to the monthly decline included China, down 632,000 tonnes over June, Spain, down 523,000 tonnes, and Germany, down 214,000 tonnes. In contrast, production grew significantly in Japan, […]

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US long products imports drop 31% in July

August 18, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports declined 31% from 267,000 short tons in June to 184,000 tons in July. This can be compared to July long products imports of 232,000 tons in 2010, 104,000 tons in 2009, 270,000 tons in 2008, and 563,000 tons in 2007. The drop was driven by lower […]

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US flat products imports rise 13% in July

August 10, 2011

Based on reported import licenses and in comparison to preliminary June census data, US flat products imports increased 13% from 706,000 short tons in June to 798,000 tons in July. This can be compared to flat products imports of 600,000 tons in July 2010 and 291,000 tons in July 2009. The rise was driven by […]

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US long products imports rise 4% in May

June 21, 2011

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 4% from 241,000 short tons in April to 251,000 tons in May. In comparison, May 2010 longs imports were 236,000 tons, May 2009 were 98,000 tons, May 2008 were 242,000 tons, and May 2007 were 591,000 tons. The small rise masks some significant changes in […]

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