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This site offers visitors steel industry news from around the globe; steel
pricing data (including raw material prices); steelmaking plant and equipment
capex costs; and steel market knowledge (supply and demand including green steel
demand projections). Our consultants provide impartial expert advisory support
relating to metal sector modernisation & investment. This includes feasibility
assessments and due diligence appraisals.


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IRON & STEEL PRICING





WORLD STEEL PRICES


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TRENDS & FORECASTS

Iron ore costs and finished steel prices appear to be on a downward trend. As at
Q4 2023, we expect the bottom of the price cycle (the next pricing trough) to
occur in mid-2025. Why not check out our 2024 / 2025 market outlook to learn
more?


STEEL MARKET OUTLOOK



LATEST NEWS REPORTS

Check out the latest steel industry news, including company and regional press
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CAPEX COSTS

We maintain a database of capital expenditures for iron and steel industry plant
and equipment. The database content, compiled from public sources for over 1200
actual modernisations, covers the following.

 * Input materials: coal washing plants, lime kilns, sinter plants, coke making,
   iron ore beneficiation, pellet plants, DRI and HBI.
 * Iron and steel making: blast furnaces, BF reline costs, BOF, electric arc
   furnace, induction furnaces and continuous casting. We also maintain capital
   investment cost data for other melt shop equipment such as pig iron
   desulphurization, pulverised coal injection (PCI), ladle furnaces, vacuum
   degassing, vacuum arc remelting (VAR), vacuum oxygen decarburisation (VOD)
   for stainless steels.
 * Flat products: steel plate, HRC (hot rolled coil) including Steckel mills,
   CRC (cold rolled coil), HDG (hot dip galvanised sheet), tinplate, organic
   coated sheet, temper rolling (skin-pass mills).
 * Long iron and steel products: heavy sections, rail, carbon steel bar, rod,
   wire, strand and rope. We also have reheat furnace capex costs.
 * Tube: welded pipe, including high frequency ERW as well as helical or
   longitudinal submerged arc welded [HSAW or LSAW]; and seamless tube. We also
   hold pipe coating line cost information (for both epoxy and concrete
   coatings).
 * Ancillary operations: air separation units, dedusting, power generation
   units, slitting lines, pickling lines, batch or continuous annealing lines,
   waste water treatment systems, acid regeneration plants, scrap shredding
   machinery.
 * Further processing: slitting lines, blanking equipment, wire drawing, welded
   wire mesh fabrication, ball grinding.
 * Greenfield steelworks: iron ore based integrated mills, mini mills.
 * New technology Danieli MiDa micro mills (endless casting and rolling).
 * Decarbonisation related technologies: such as electrolyzers, wind farms and
   solar power plants.
 * Carbon, alloy and specialty steels including stainless.
   
   

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Call us to learn more about our iron and steel capital expenditure database. Our
advisors can also help with valuations of second-hand equipment.



CAPEX DATABASE


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global business intelligence.
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COST MODELS

We can prepare economic models for raw material production (including coke,
sinter, DRI), iron and steelmaking (for BOF, EAF and induction furnace process),
casting and rolling (including flat, long or tube products). These models can be
prepared for any region of the world, or for any nominated facility. Please
contact us for further information.

Example here shows 2023 liquid steel costs for electric arc furnace based
steelmaking in a notional one million tonne per year coastal works in Japan, in
US dollars per metric tonne.

Economic models may be supplied for single or linked steel manufacturing
processes (e.g. an EAF with a billet caster plus a bar mill); and with more or
less detail than shown here.


STEEL COST MODELS


2023 EAF ECONOMICS

Models can also be used for cost curves e.g. hot rolled coil (HRC).
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BOF ECONOMICS EAF COST MODEL



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STEEL FEASIBILITY STUDY

Are you looking for help with an independent feasibility appraisal for a steel
plant investment? Do you need a market, technical and financial evaluation as
part of the viability assessment? This is our core business.

FEASIBILITY STUDIES


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COMPANY RESTRUCTURING

Thinking about corporate restructuring? Are you maybe on the road to
privatisation? We have much experience in metal sector corporate turnaround
assignments and would be pleased to assist you. Call us for a no-obligation
discussion.

BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT


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HISTORIC PERSPECTIVES


Selected Steel Firm: Ascometal

Recent events:
2010: Le Cheylas EAF melt shop closed.
2011: Le Cheylas round rolling mill closed.
2012: US fund Apollo Management buys Ascometal from ...
2014: Ascometal goes into administration.
2015: JV with China's Ma'anshan for SBQ production ...
2017: Creation of Ascoval JV with Vallourec.
2017: Closure of EAF steelmaking at Les Dunes, ...
2017: Asco Industries announces bankruptcy Nov ...
2023: Sale announced of Hagondange to Acciaierie ...


Contact us for a facility overview of this or any other firm.



For earlier Ascometal events,
visit Ascometal history page.

Why not check out our 'history of steel' pages, and learn about the corporate
history of the world's 30 largest steelmakers?


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METALS CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Looking for more information about our firm? Learn more about our ferrous and
non-ferrous expert witness support services and related activities in the metals
and mining industries.

VISIT MCI WEBSITE


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IRON AND STEEL PLANT DATABASE

Our database of plant and equipment in iron and steel production facilities
covers:

 * Raw materials (coke, sinter, direct reduced iron or HBI, blast furnace pig
   iron)
 * Steelmaking assets (EAF and BOF crude steel)
 * Semi-finished products (bloom, billet, slab)
 * Flat products (plate, hot and cold rolled coil, coated sheet including
   galvanised iron or GI, PPGI, and tinplate)
 * Long products (heavy and light sections, bar, reinforcing bar, wire rod)
 * Seamless and welded tube (including helical / spiral and longitudinal welded
   pipe).

This information encompasses both carbon and specialty steel (including
stainless, electrical steel, SBQ) and is continuously updated. We can provide
facility information for these plant items in most regions of the world. The
data coverage typically includes:



 * Site location
 * Works ownership
 * Factory installation date
 * Closure date, where relevant
 * Annual capacity in metric tons per year
 * Machinery and / or technology specification
 * Dimensional capability [such as minimum / maximum gauge or section diameter]
 * Details of other ancillary on-site equipment
 * and in many cases: the name of the foundry supplier, modernisation details,
   and comments on grade or product orientation.

If for example you are interested in a report on blast furnace commissioning
dates, we can provide the following analysis for ~1500 different furnaces
worldwide.


Blast FurnaceCapacity, ktStart Up Shandong Steel Group, Shandong, China37502017
Kobe Steel, Hyogo, Japan20042017 CSP - Cia Siderurgica do Pecem, Ceara,
Brazil30302016 Zarand Iranian Steel, Iran15152016 Wuhan Fangchenggang, Guangxi,
China75752016 Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel, Ha Tinh, Vietnam35702016
Kardemir, Turkey20402015 Baosteel Group Zhanjiang Steel, Guangdong,
China56102015 Tata Steel, Odisha, India33652015 Krakatau Steel, West Java,
Indonesia13502015 V&M do Brazil, Minas Gerais, Brazil15452014 Jiangsu Tieben,
Jiangsu, China86552014

Source: James F King. Assessment prepared in mid-2023.

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EXPERT WITNESS SUPPORT

We also provide independent expert witness support to help resolve steel sector
legal disputes. Our experts offer objective and unbiased opinions on technical
or commercial matters relating to iron & steel. Contact us for a no-obligation
discussion on +44 (0) 775-149 0885.

STEEL EXPERT WITNESS SUPPORT


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INDUSTRY GEOGRAPHY

We can supply location and capacity data in spreadsheet form and / or prepare
digital steel industry maps for any group of industrial facilities in most
geographies. Facilities include iron and steelmaking plants as well as flat or
long product plants. Territories can include Asia, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the
Middle East, Africa, the United States and South America.




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COMPETITION AND INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

Steel company profitability is typically determined by the extent of competition
in a given product market. In some sectors, a producer can enjoy a near-monopoly
supply position. The production of concrete reinforcing bar in the UK is one
such example, with Celsa's Tremorfa mill in Cardiff being the sole UK
manufacturer.

Other markets more commonly have multiple suppliers. Thus, rebar fabrication in
Spain is much more competitive than in the UK and is characterised by the
existence of eight competing plants (see table below). Rebar supply in other
countries is still more fragmented. In Italy there are over 30 rebar production
facilities; and in Turkey, we estimate that there are more than 50 rebar mills.


OwnerPlantLocationCapacity, kt / yr ArcelorMittalZumarraga [partly
closed?]Gipuzkoa225 Celsa GroupCastellbisbalBarcelona325 Celsa GroupLa Coruna
(Atlantique)Galicia780 Celsa GroupNervacero (Bilbao)Vizcaya400 Grupo Alfonso
GallardoJerez de los Caballeros (JDLC)Badajoz650 MegasaLa CorunaNaron675
MegasaZaragozaAragon750 RivaSiderurgica SevillanaSeville350

Arcelor Mittal Zumarraga facility in Gipuzkoa was partially closed in 2016; this
rebar production facility may currently be mothballed. However, the
ArcelorMittal Bergara bar mill in Gipuzkoa may have additional rebar capacity.
Megasa full name is Metalurgica Galaica SA; the firm acquired the Zaragoza bar
mill from ArcelorMittal in 2016. Grupo Gallardo facilities were acquired by
Grupo Industrial Cristian Lay in August 2020. Note that Celsa's 550 kt / year
Russula wire rod factory in Bayonne (commissioned in 2021) is just across the
border in France.


Please contact info@steelonthenet.com for further insights into the extent of
competition in any given market sector.



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INDEPENDENT CONSULTING ADVICE

Our main activity is feasibility study appraisal and due diligence work, for
mining and metal sector clients worldwide. Why not call one of our advisors for
a no-obligation discussion on +44-775-149-0885 ? Alternatively please email us.

We may be able to help with an independent consumption analysis; with a
technical and / or financial review of your investment plans; offer insight into
your strategic positioning; and perhaps assist you in obtaining external
finance.

Our parent company Metals Consulting International Limited is an independent
privately owned firm. MCI is based in London, in the United Kingdom.



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MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT

Looking to improve your plant's operating performance? We have technical experts
in melting casting and rolling, who are able to diagnose manufacturing problems
and offer solutions. See our industrial case studies page.

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT


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BEGINNERS START HERE

Are you unfamiliar with the world of steel, or with the technical terminology
used? Perhaps you don't have a metallurgical or technology background; or maybe
you just want to brush up on your steel industry knowledge?

If so, we have some great resources that might be of interest. Click below to
see some introductory videos about how steel is made. Another link below will
also take you to our steel industry glossary of terms.

TRAINING VIDEOS GLOSSARY OF TERMS




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