WorldSteel pegs US steel use at 100M tonnes in '13

摘要

U.S. apparent steel demand is on course to reach 100 million tonnes in 2013, the World Steel Association (WorldSteel) said Thursday at its annual conference in New Delhi as it revised its forecast upward by 500,000 tonnes from its prior prediction in April. The association also revised its expectations for the country's 20! 2 demand growth to 96.5 million tonnes, an increase of 2.3 million tonnes.