The International Steel Trade

Peter Fish (Author)

9781855731004, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 28 February 1995

144 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.39 kg

This book provides a basic guide to the iron and steel industry in a single convenient reference source. The origins of steel and its manufacture are explained first, with a basic outline of the principal steel grades. The author then goes on to look at production and consumption and its commercial significance. He also analyses the global trade in steel and shows its importance to the metals industry as alloying elements and coatings. The final section considers the future for steel, the changing trade patterns, environmental issues and the threat of substitutes to the industry.

Background and origins of steel
Properties and applications of steel
Steel products and manufacturing process
Production of iron and steel
Steelmaking raw materials
Steel consumption
Patterns of trade in steel
Steel pricing
Commercial and economic significance of steel
Future trends.

Subject Areas: Metals technology / metallurgy [TDM], Commodities [KFFM1], International trade [KCLT], International finance [KCLF], Macroeconomics [KCB]