{"id":3663,"date":"2011-01-01T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/?p=3663"},"modified":"2021-10-11T11:49:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T11:49:55","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3663\" class=\"elementor elementor-3663\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-347cb2a8 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"347cb2a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b54e037\" data-id=\"6b54e037\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e205ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66e205ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nHappy New Year\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5cbdab3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5cbdab3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f2e985a\" data-id=\"5f2e985a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-385082b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"385082b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2011 will hopefully bring better tidings across the steel supply chain. The recession wounds are still healing and last thing we need is another jolt. Overall our assessment outlook for steel for the year is moderate. The international prices may go up in the short run especially at the time of the year when the jostling for prices begins. A couple of months of supply tightness is expected as mills try to get their prices and buyers hold back their purchases.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d50925f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d50925f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Europe along with USA remain a worry with the growth no where in sight and some economies still struggling. Turkey seems to be the bright spot since it considers itself part of Europe. However perhaps its links with Asia more particularly the Middle East that is giving it the growth impetus along with its young population and sound economic policies. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a3b6be0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a3b6be0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The emerging markets are holding up nicely although India has some concerns on its Current Account deficit. Brazil seems to be doing well but the new Government will need to match the charisma of its former President Lula. China is the unknown. Will its property boom continue through the year? I Africa should continue growing. So will Middle East as they continue to broad base their economies from petroleum to feed the aspiration of their booming populations. Local mills across the globe have ramped up their productions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-576b7248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"576b7248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So international trade would be more freight driven and perhaps regional. Free Trade Agreements will continue playing a role due to duty advantage. China will continue being a factor in International trade with its continued over capacity. But according to us it will lessen due to a combination of rising cost of production, appreciation of yuan and reducing Government subsidies. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a076188 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a076188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So outlook is not gloom but it is also not a time to celebrate. It is a time to continue keeping our heads down and staying focussed on the long run. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5145cdc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5145cdc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>dtd. 1\/1\/2011<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year 2011 will hopefully bring better tidings across the steel supply chain. The recession wounds are still healing and last thing we need is another jolt. Overall our assessment outlook for steel for the year is moderate. The international prices may go up in the short run especially at the time of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steel-trenches"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy New Year -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy New Year -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Happy New Year 2011 will hopefully bring better tidings across the steel supply chain. The recession wounds are still healing and last thing we need is another jolt. Overall our assessment outlook for steel for the year is moderate. The international prices may go up in the short run especially at the time of the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-01-01T08:03:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-11T11:49:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"WosstEEL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"WosstEEL\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/01\\\/happy-new-year\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/01\\\/happy-new-year\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"WosstEEL\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d5c5502a723046894f484e9502df3e64\"},\"headline\":\"Happy New Year\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-01T08:03:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-11T11:49:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/01\\\/happy-new-year\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Steel Trenches\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/01\\\/happy-new-year\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/01\\\/happy-new-year\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/01\\\/happy-new-year\\\/\",\"name\":\"Happy New Year -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-01-01T08:03:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-11T11:49:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d5c5502a723046894f484e9502df3e64\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/01\\\/happy-new-year\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/01\\\/happy-new-year\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/01\\\/happy-new-year\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Happy New Year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"Just another WordPress site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d5c5502a723046894f484e9502df3e64\",\"name\":\"WosstEEL\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/01213a58e96fdb764df81ffb13d182d18dd20c556de1fbaa95b5f6d3b44a430a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/01213a58e96fdb764df81ffb13d182d18dd20c556de1fbaa95b5f6d3b44a430a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/01213a58e96fdb764df81ffb13d182d18dd20c556de1fbaa95b5f6d3b44a430a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"WosstEEL\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.worldofsteel.com\\\/pages\\\/author\\\/steel\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Happy New Year -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Happy New Year -","og_description":"Happy New Year 2011 will hopefully bring better tidings across the steel supply chain. The recession wounds are still healing and last thing we need is another jolt. Overall our assessment outlook for steel for the year is moderate. The international prices may go up in the short run especially at the time of the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/","article_published_time":"2011-01-01T08:03:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-10-11T11:49:55+00:00","author":"WosstEEL","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"WosstEEL","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/"},"author":{"name":"WosstEEL","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/#\/schema\/person\/d5c5502a723046894f484e9502df3e64"},"headline":"Happy New Year","datePublished":"2011-01-01T08:03:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-11T11:49:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/"},"wordCount":325,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Steel Trenches"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/","name":"Happy New Year -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-01-01T08:03:00+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-11T11:49:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/#\/schema\/person\/d5c5502a723046894f484e9502df3e64"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2011\/01\/01\/happy-new-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Happy New Year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/","name":"","description":"Just another WordPress site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/#\/schema\/person\/d5c5502a723046894f484e9502df3e64","name":"WosstEEL","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/01213a58e96fdb764df81ffb13d182d18dd20c556de1fbaa95b5f6d3b44a430a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/01213a58e96fdb764df81ffb13d182d18dd20c556de1fbaa95b5f6d3b44a430a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/01213a58e96fdb764df81ffb13d182d18dd20c556de1fbaa95b5f6d3b44a430a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"WosstEEL"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages"],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/author\/steel\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3663"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6577,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3663\/revisions\/6577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}