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May
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April sees Middle East crude steel output decline first time in 2015
Crude steel production in the four Middle Eastern countries covered by the World Steel Association’s monthly report declined -7.7% on-year in April to 2.27 million tonnes, Kallanish learns from worldsteel. This was the first month of 2015 that the region’s output failed to grow.
The decline was driven by a -12.4% on-year drop in output in Iran – the region’s largest steelmaker – to 1.28mt. This was the second fall in as many mo…
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Very good overview of the weekly steel market.
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