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Worldsteel reduces 2014 and 2015 world steel consumption growth

November 2, 2014

In its latest Short Range Outlook (SRO), published October 6th, Worldsteel revised its world apparent steel use (ASU) growth forecast for 2014 and 2015 downward. The revision decreased estimated world ASU growth between 2013 and 2014 from 3.1% in its April Short Range Outlook to 2.0% in the recent published figures. It also decreased the […]

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Worldsteel reduces 2014 world steel consumption growth

April 13, 2014

In its latest Short Range Outlook, published April 9th, Worldsteel revised its world apparent steel use growth forecast for 2014 downward. The revision decreased estimated world steel consumption growth between 2013 and 2014 from 3.3% in its October Short Range Outlook to 3.0% in the recent published figures. In addition, Worldsteel expects apparent world steel […]

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Worldsteel makes upward revision to 2013 & 2014 apparent steel use

October 8, 2013

In its latest Short Range Outlook, published October 7th, Worldsteel revised its world apparent steel use for 2013 and 2014 upward. The revision increased estimated world steel consumption growth between 2012 and 2013 from 2.9% in its April Short Range Outlook to 3.1% in the recent published figures. In addition, its 2014 forecast for growth […]

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World apparent steel use revised downward in April 2012 Short Range Outlook

May 8, 2012

worldsteel‘s forecast for growth in world apparent steel use in 2012 was revised downward from 5.4% in October 2011’s Short Range Outlook to 3.6% in April 2012’s Short Range Outlook published recently. Driving the change in the forecast is worldsteel’s estimate that China’s steel use will grow by 4.0% in 2012 instead of by 6%. […]

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Papers from 69th OECD Steel Committee Meeting in Paris

December 8, 2010

The OECD Steel Committee held its 69th session last week. They’re bona fide steel nerds from government, industry associations and steel companies. They say that members and observers account for around 60% of world steel production and 76% of world exports of steel – but this looks like old data. Their declared purpose is to […]

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Repairing steel demand

August 16, 2010

The four worst post-war (WWII) declines in US steel demand occurred in 1958, 1975, 1982 and last year, 2009. In the recent US Steel Q2 conference call, US Steel CEO John Surma wisely reflected, in the context of how much capacity to keep running, that some of the recent steel demand destruction could be permanent. […]

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