Flat products output is forecast to rise at a faster rate than long - according to our new report"Global Iron and Steel Production to 2005". Increasing demand for consumer goods, particularly in the emerging and developing countries of the world, will lead to extra supplies of strip mill products.The pattern has already been set. A significant proportion of new investment in the steel sector in recent years has been channelled towards the manufacture of hot and cold rolled coil. To further develop this segment of the market, numerous new coating lines have been commissioned.
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