Chinese Steel Hits the Great Wall: Reduced Growth Prospects: Facts and Figures for 2008-2017

WSD's six edition of an ongoing series of "Chinese Facts and Figures" reports -- Chinese Steel Hits the Great Wall: Reduced Growth Prospects: Facts and Figures for 2008-2017 (Core Report H) -- is an ongoing resource for those who must stay on top of developments in the Chinese steel industry. The report is recalibrated and expanded on a continuous basis.

This report represents another major research effort of Liu Jinghai, WSD's Director of Chinese Research. Mr. Liu was previously the Director of the Chinese Metallurgical Research Institute. He has been studying the Chinese steel industry since 1984 and is also an honorary professor of the Chinese Iron & Steel Association.

About six years ago, the Chinese steel industry, to a fair extent, was an informational “black box.”  Information about the industry tended to be incomplete and even wrong at times.  Although still sketchy in some instances such as iron ore and coking coal production by mine size, information about the Chinese steel industry has been steadily improving. 

The Chinese steel demand outlook, its structure and response to new conditions is one of the major “wild cards” in the global steel industry outlook for the next five years.  Given that in 2008 it produced 38% of the world’s crude steel and 51% of the world’s pig iron, China’s impact on the global steel marketplace cannot be underestimated. 

 Chinese Steel Hits the Great Wall: Reduced Growth Prospects: Facts and Figures for 2008-2017 contains the following:

• Evaluation of Chinese steel industry conditions, including regional ratings.
• Steel market consumption and demand forecast.
• Steel capacity and production forecast, detailed by steel plant.
• Iron ore production and imports, detailed by iron ore mine.
• Coke capacity, production and demand, with details on all expansions.
• Water consumption, coal resources and output.
• Economic statistics including macro trends, economic drivers, and manpower studies.
• WSD's World Cost Curve and Cyclone production cost figures for China.
• WSD's Global Steel Alert monthly Chinese database on a HRB_EQ and LP_EQ basis.
• WSD's Steel Thermometer's Chinese indicators and other data.
• WSD's Global Steel Finance profit history and outlook for Chinese mills.
• WSD's Global Metallics Balances system for China and the rest of the world.
• WSD's China SteelBenchmarker_TM daily price data for key flat and long steel products.

WSD is dedicated to publishing timely, insightful and forward-thinking reports on the Chinese steel industry. We receive feedback almost daily from our contacts in the country. Our 336-page Core Report sells for $3,500 to non-subscribers. Or, it's included in WSD's annual service at $12,500.