Global Trends that could impact the scrap industry Global trends are developments that will likely persist for the foreseeable future (5+ years). Let’s look at some trends that could affect the future of the recycled materials industry. Climate change: The focus on limiting climate change stems from the fact that the planet is facing …
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Climate Change and the Steel Industry The consistent focus on climate change mitigation stems from an emerging consensus that the planet is facing mounting risks from rapidly rising carbon dioxide levels in the earth’s atmosphere. Widespread efforts to halt climate change have emerged and tend to focus on minimizing carbon emissions. Steel manufacturing is one …
Our predictions for 2023 with our crystal ball Now comes the challenge for 2023 because the unknowns are even higher. In the First Quarter of 2023, European prices will go up because of closures of multiple blast furnaces. In the United States, the prices have corrected however large amounts of production has come online through …
Reflections on our predictions of 2022 As 2022 draws to an end, it is both humbling and enlightening looking back at our predictions for 2022 and what we got right and what we did not. Decarbonization in steel making has continued gathering pace, the increasing importance of scrap (the prices have moved down because of …
Indian Steel mills are raising domestic prices successfully
The Long Steel Sector is yet to adopt sustainable measures
Stories from the Steel Trenches – Bangladesh, September 2018 I was in Chittagong and Dhaka on a steel conference organized by Steel Group and SUFI (Steel Users Federation of India). Of course no conference is complete for me unless I have roamed the steel retail bazaars and taken in the sights and sounds and in …
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Stories from the Steel Trenches – United States Regardless of one’s Political thoughts in the United States, it is without doubt that Steel manufacturing in United States has been decimated and towns in Midwest and even East Coast have been hollowed out. I remember until the early 90s driving for meetings through Gary, Sparrow Point, …
Stories from the Steel Trenches – Bangladesh, September 2018 I was in Chittagong and Dhaka on a steel conference organized by Steel Group and SUFI (Steel Users Federation of India). Of course no conference is complete for me unless I have roamed the steel retail bazaars and taken in the sights and sounds and in …
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Buying Galvanized Steel and Prepainted Steel Buying Galvanized Steel and Prepainted Steel…. Buying from overseas is arduous and tests even the very best pocurement managers. China is of course the destination for most and it is an ocean. Needless to say even the best swimmers respect the ocean before venturing out. China can be deceptive …
