A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2024 to the first four months of 2023 shows the following changes: cold rolled sheet, up 4 percent, corrosion resistant steel, down 2 percent and hot rolled steel, down 2 percent.

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) announced the release of its 2023 Annual Statistical Report (ASR), which provides comprehensive data on the American steel industry and select data on the North American steel industry as a whole.

The China Iron and Steel Association said that the action plan to boost equipment renewals and trade-ins of consumer goods.

Adjusted year-to-date production through May 4, 2024 was 30,259,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 76.3 percent.

AISI reported that the U.S. imported a total of 2,510,000 net tons (NT) of steel in March 2024.

AISI reported that for the month of March 2024, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,338,349 net tons, a 5.7 percent decrease from the 7,779,430 net tons shipped in March 2023..

Global molybdenum production and use rises in 2023

Mining and Technical Exhibitions (MTE) is back in the western limb chrome and platinum belt for a high impact combo showcase on 9 and 11 April 2024, in Mooinooi and Rustenburg respectively.