Total steel shipments in 2Q 2019 were 4.3% higher at 22.8Mt as compared with 21.8Mt for 1Q 2019.

Its own iron ore production in 2Q 2019 increased by 4.0% to 14.6Mt as compared to 14.1Mt in 1Q 2019.

In the week ending on August 10, 2019, US domestic raw steel production was 1,867,000 net tons.

World crude steel production was 925.1 Mt in the first six months of 2019, up by 4.9% compared to the same period in 2018.

In 2018, total steel imports into the United States decreased 12 percent compared to the previous year.

2018年，美国钢铁进口量同比下降12%。

C1 costs of US$12.78 per wmt, five per cent lower than the March quarter (US$13.51/wmt).

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published the 2019 edition of World Steel in Figures.