Latin America: Apparent steel use grows 1% in January 2013 y-o-y, while production increases 3%1
Santiago, Chile, March 19th, 2013. Apparent steel use2 in Latin America and the Caribbean reached 5.1 million tons in January 2013, 1% more than January 2012. During the same month, a marked increase in consumption could be observed in some countries such as Argentina (32%), Peru (10%) and Colombia (7%). Finished steel production grew 3% y-o-y, …