Structural Steel & Pipes
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published the 2018 edition of World Steel in Figures. The publication provides a comprehensive overview of steel industry activities, stretching from crude steel production to apparent steel use, from indications of global steel trade flows to iron ore production and trade.
The report can be read here.
Below are the key takeaways:
Source: Worldsteel
Weak Asian demand and sluggish global consumption due to a slowdown in infrastructure activities could drag down China's steel exports in the July-September quarter, as buyers battle with inflation wh
Iron ore is engaging in a familiar dance of flitting between hopes of more and effective economic stimulus in China, and the reality that the rebound in the world’s second-biggest economy is sputterin