US December Steel Shipments up 4.6 Percent from Previous Month.

World Steel Association: Global crude steel output increases by 3.4% in 2019.

In the week ending on February 8, 2020, US domestic raw steel production was 1,899,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 81.4 percent.

For the month of November, 2019, steel production was 1856.9 thousand tons in Hunan Province.

Guangdong iron ore production up 77.85% in November.

Adjusted year-to-date production through January 11, 2020 was 3,008,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 82.1 percent.

In the week ending on December 21, 2019, domestic raw steel production was 1,866,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 80.7 percent.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 147.8 million tonnes (Mt) in November 2019, a 1.0% decrease compared to November 2018.