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steel demand growth

Worldsteel reduces 2016 world steel demand growth forecast

April 14, 2016

In its latest Short Range Outlook (SRO), published April 13th, Worldsteel revised its world apparent steel use (ASU) growth forecast downward. The revision lowered estimated world steel demand growth between 2015 and 2016 from 0.7% in it’s October 2015 Short Range Outlook to -0.8% in the recent published figures. In addition, Worldsteel expects world ASU […]

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IMF World GDP Growth Forecast

July 17, 2008

The IMF just released its latest World Economic Outlook. The WEO includes world gdp growth forecasts for 2008 and 2009. Not surprisingly, world growth is expected to decelerate to 4.1% in 2008 and 3.9% in 2009, compared to 5.1% in 2006 and 5.0% in 2007. What does this mean for global steel demand growth? The […]

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