This report is a part of Datamonitor’s Global Industry Guide series, which includes comprehensive category data and analysis across all major industry sectors. These incisive reports include key data points, charts and expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis

ABOUT DATAMONITOR 2

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3

INTRODUCTION 17

What is this report about? 17

Who is the target reader? 17

How to use this report 17

Definitions 17

GLOBAL STEEL 18

Market overview 18

Market value 19

Market volume 20

Market segmentation ii 21

Market share 22

Five forces analysis 23

Market forecasts 33

STEEL IN ASIA-PACIFIC 35

Market overview 35

Market value 36

Market volume 37

Market segmentation ii 38

Market share 39

Five forces analysis 40

Market forecasts 50

STEEL IN EUROPE 52

Market overview 52

Market value 53

Market volume 54

Market segmentation ii 55

Market share 56

Five forces analysis 57

Market forecasts 67

STEEL IN FRANCE 69

Market overview 69

Market value 70

Market volume 71

Market segmentation ii 72

Market share 73

Five forces analysis 74

Market forecasts 84

Macroeconomic indicators 86

STEEL IN GERMANY 88

Market overview 88

Market value 89

Market volume 90

Market segmentation ii 91

Market share 92

Five forces analysis 93

Market forecasts 103

Macroeconomic indicators 105

STEEL IN JAPAN 108

Market overview 108

Market value 109

Market volume 110

Market segmentation ii 111

Market share 112

Five forces analysis 113

Market forecasts 124

Macroeconomic indicators 126

STEEL IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 128

Market overview 128

Market value 129

Market volume 130

Market segmentation ii 131

Market share 132

Five forces analysis 133

Market forecasts 144

Macroeconomic indicators 146

STEEL IN THE UNITED STATES 148

Market overview 148

Market value 149

Market volume 150

Market segmentation ii 151

Market share 152

Five forces analysis 153

Market forecasts 163

Macroeconomic indicators 165

COMPANY PROFILES 167

ArcelorMittal 167

Baosteel Group Corporation 171

Nippon Steel Corporation 175

POSCO 179

APPENDIX 183

Data Research Methodology 183

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