Nickel demand to increase to 3.13 million tons in 2023, supply to increase to 3.37 million tons.

US exports to China totalled 439,924t in February, more than trebling compared with a year earlier.

Vale produced 66.8 million tons of iron ore in the first quarter, compared with an expected 67.7 million tons and 80.85 million tons in the previous quarter. Nickel production was 41,000 tons in the first quarter, compared with 47,400 tons in the previous quar...

World crude steel production for the 63 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 142.4 million tonnes (Mt) in February 2023, a 1.0% decrease compared to February 2022.

Production of Steel in India

In the week ending on February 18, 2023, domestic raw steel production was 1,654,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 74.0 percent.

Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 2,186,000 net tons (NT) of steel in December 2022.

This was a 9.8% increase from the 2,262,000 permit tons recorded in December and a 12.7% increase from the December final imports total of 2,203,000.