One of the biggest problems facing a steel company is the huge cost of running steel mills. A key metric to watch with ... You can see that in the chart above comparing Steel Dynamics' stock ...

China, maker of half the world’s steel, probably boosted production to ... have eclipsed the previous high of about 2.31 million metric tons in June 2014, said Paul Gait, a senior analyst ...

Here's a look at the numbers behind the global steel industry: 1.7 billion metric tonnes When it comes to steel production, one country is miles ahead of the pack: China. It accounted for a ...

The CHART OF THE DAY compares steel production in 2013 of a single company, Hebei Iron & Steel Group, to 10 countries and regions. China’s total output of 779 million metric tons isn’t shown ...