Crude steel production in Japan keeps flat from the previous year to 54.07 million tonnes in January – June of 2012, the Japan Iron and Steel Federation announced on 19th. Converter steel decreased by 1.8% to 40.91 million tonnes, electric furnace steel increased by 6% to 13.16 million tonnes. In the last year, demand decrease affected the outputs due to equipments-damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake. This term, the result was affected by exports-decrease by rising yen and sluggish of Asian steel materials market and low demand for domestic shipbuilding and electric-appliance.
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Feb | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |||
Japan Steel Scrap Composite Prices (Sangyo Press)
2026/04/02| H2 | NewCutting (PRESS) |
| 50200YEN (-) | 52700YEN (-) |
| 318.29US$ (0.31) | 334.14US$ (0.32) |
* Average of electric furnaces steel maker's purchasing price in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya (per ton)
- JMB Tieup company
- The Korea Metal Journal
- ferro-alloys.com
- Steel on the net
- AMM
- MEPS
