Steel market trends

摘要

In H1 2013, Russia.s crude steel output has shrunk by 1 mt on an annualizedbasis, to 34.6 mt. Apart from a reduction in OHF steel production after theshutdown of the OHF shop at Ural Steel, the overall result was also affected bysmaller EAF steel output. The situation will start changing in H2, with EAF steelproduction and its share in the total output growing due to launches of electricsteelmaking complexes at a number of plants. Over the year, its share willcome to 31% versus the average of 28% in 2012. The country.s crude steelmelting may come down from 70.2 mt in 2012 to 69.3 mt in 2013.