The American Iron and Steel Association (AISI) compiled a report based on preliminary data released by the US Census Bureau that the imports of steel in December were 1.494 million short tons (1.3553 million tons), an increase of 9% from a month earlier.

According to the American Iron and Steel Association (AISI), the last week of January (as of 30 January 2021), the US crude steel production is estimated at 1.725 million short tons (1.5649 million tons), down 9.5% from 1.906 million tons in the same period la...

According to preliminary data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. steel imports fell 21.2%t to 22.019 million tons in 2020 from a year earlier.

Japan’s exports of scrap steel reached an 11-year high of 9.39 million tons in 2020, driven by increased demand from Bangladesh, Vietnam and Taiwan, according to Japan’s Ministry of Finance.

A few days ago, Anglo-American Resources Group (Anglo American) released the fourth quarter of 2020 production report showed that the fourth quarter of last year, total iron ore production increased by 10% from a month earlier.

Global nickel production is about 5 billion pounds a year, divided equally between grade 1 high-purity nickel from sulphide deposits and grade 2 nickel from laterite deposits.

U.S. steel imports increase by 8.9% in December 2020

Production output for the quarter ended 31 December 2020 of 33,866 tonnes of ferrosilicon (“FeSi”).