Developments in steelmaking capacity of non-OECD economies =: Les capacités de production d'acier dans les économies non OCDE

Annotation This is the new edition of the biennial report on trends in steel-making capacity in non-OECD member countries, with data covering the two-year period upto 2005. Findings include: total non-OECD steelmaking capacity in 2005 is estimated to reach 569.7 million tonnes per year, up 30.0 million tonnes from 539.7 million tonnes per year in 2002, an increase at an average annual rate of 1.8 per cent. China's steelmaking capacity has seen a remarkable ongoing expansion, and is likely to increase from 193.3 million tonnes per year in 2002 to 211.0 million tonnes per year by 2005. Robust growth is also expected in the Middle East, particularly Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia Total non-OECD steelmaking capacity in 2005 is estimated to reach 569.7 million tonnes per year (tpy), up 30.0 million tonnes from 539.7 million tpy in 2002, an increase at an average annual rate of 1.8%.Southeast Asia, including China, will be made up of a majority of the volume of this increase on the strength of China's remarkable ongoing expansion in steelmaking capacity Preliminaries......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 5 II Summary......Page 7 Trends in capacity production and consumption......Page 8 Capacity utilisation and self sufficiency......Page 9 IV Outlook for the year 2005......Page 10 Appendix......Page 26