Overviews the global steel market in 1999 and prospects for 2000, and presents statistical tables on the steel market in 33 countries, looking at trends in iron and steel production, foreign trade in steel, employment in the iron and steel industry, steel deliveries, investment expenditure, production capacity, and trends in domestic base prices. Lacks a subject index. c. Book News Inc.

First published in 1998, the objective of this book is to provide a detailed examination of steel production, consumption and trade in East Asia. Specifically, it addresses steel trade and investment environment in East Asia and forecasts steel price movement in the future. In addition, a major focus in this book is the investigation of the metals industry in China, Asia's emerging steel giant. Finally, one chapter of the book also documents the resource sector in Western Australia, one of the world's major sources of iron ore. Rapid economic growth over the past decade has significantly changed the gravity of Asia in the world economy. This trend has particularly been strengthened by the awakening giant, China, whose economy has been growing continuously at a two-digital rate since the late 1970's. Asian countries together have now consumed as much as steel as the developed economies. As a result, Asia as a region has become the key to the expansion of the global steel industry in the future.

Research report, steel, production, consumption, market, in the 1980s - iron and steel industry, demand, international location of industry, state intervention, public ownership, investment, raw material, power consumption. Graphs, illustrations, statistical tables.

Includes scrap metal prices.