US steel mill shipments up 3.5 percent in June

Thursday, 18 August 2011

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that US steel mills shipped 7,639,108 net tons in June, a 3.5 percent increase from the 7,380,064 net tons shipped in May, and a 3.7 percent increase from the 7,367,203 net tons shipped in June 2010.

Year-to-date, shipments in 2011 are 44,779,857 net tons, a 5.8 percent increase from the same period in 2010. A month-to-month comparison of shipments shows that tin plate shipments were up 14 percent, cut-length plate shipments rose 11 percent and hot rolled sheet shipments increased 2 percent.

Wuyang Steel exports 18000 tonnes of steel plate in February

Monday, 14 Mar 2011

It is reported that Hebei Province based Chinese steelmaker Wuyang Iron and Steel Co Ltd exported 18,000 tonnes of steel plate in February this year marking its best monthly export performance since the outbreak of the financial crisis.

Wuyang Steel mainly exports boiler plate, container plate, thick Z-plate and offshore platform steel plate to be used in hydroelectric and wind power projects in South America as well as in oil storage tank manufacturing in the Gulf region. In addition, Wuyang Steel also exports its steel plates to countries such as South Korea, Vietnam and Iran.

In H1 2010 Wuyang Steel exported 92,000 tonnes of wide and thick plate, almost equal to the company total export volume for the whole of 2009.