06
Oct
01:00
Japan expects steel demand downturn, inventory peak
The latest quarterly steel outlook from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) suggests steel demand will fall over October-December 2014. The World Steel Association (worldsteel) meanwhile said in its latest outlook that 2014 apparent demand would be up 2.3% to 66.8 million tonnes, before falling 1.5% in 2015.
Japan should see 24.82mt of apparent finished steel demand in October-December 2014, down 0.6% from the previous quarter and 0.…
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Very good overview of the weekly steel market.
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