Database Name:Iron and Steel
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Producer:Originally produced by the WEFA Group
Type of Information:Numeric; Time-series
Group(s):BUSINESS & ECONOMY, METALS/ALLOYS/COMPOUNDS
Database Description:Contains weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual historical time series on supply, demand and trade for the U.S. and worldwide iron and steel industry. Includes: prices by city for number 1 heavy melting steel scrap; data on pig iron, iron ore, and scrap iron; time series for steel industry employment; crude steel production, consumption, imports, and exports for various countries.
Alternatively, the US Geological Survey provides open access statistical data on iron and steel.
Information Sources:Time series from the "American Iron and Steel Institute" , "U.S. Bureau of Mines" , "U.S.Geological Survey" and "International Iron and Steel Institute/World Steel Association".
Time Span:Since 1932 (USGS)
Numer of Records:Not specified
Language:English
Updating Frequency:Variable
Distributors:IHS Global Insight (online, through the databases : "Steel" and World Industry Service)