Profile in preparedness: BlueScope Steel Ltd (Australian)

摘要

Steel demand will stabilise in the latter part of 2009, leading to a mild recovery in 2010, the World Steel Association predicted in April. As befits the world's biggest steel consumer, China has committed 586 million dollars to spurring domestic demand. Worldwide, individual producers are employing various interim strategies of their own. Both sets of initiatives - national and corporate - presume a recovering market. The companies recognize something else: the imperative to be in the best possible state of health when that market opens up.