US Steel Industry Outlook

The US represents one of the world’s largest steel industries that have recorded fast growth rates in both production and consumption over the past few years. The industry has benefitted from soaring steel demand in the automobile and construction sectors. Moreover, the cost effective and highly efficient steel making technologies worked as a catalyst and uplifted the US steel demand in the Middle East and Asian countries.

According to our new research report “US Steel Industry Outlook”, the US steel industry is currently facing the post recession effects. The complications started in H2 2008 when the US saw a complete failure of its financial market amid subprime mortgage crisis. The crude steel production dropped around 6.7% in 2008 over the previous year and consumption witnessed a steep decline of 10.6%. The downtrend continued in 2009, but the recovery is expected in late 2010.

The government has taken some corrective steps in order to revive the overall economy and infuse steel demand in the country. Out of US$ 787 Billion stimulus package, around 14.6% of the amount is expected to be spent on infrastructural projects requiring steel as an essential construction raw material. This will transform in the consumption of around 11 Million short tons of steel in various federal governments supported projects. Along with the government support, the recovering industrial sector is expected to further infuse steel demand in the US

The report is an outcome of comprehensive research and unbiased analysis of the US steel industry and its various segments to give a clear picture of the past and present market trends. It evaluates the existing market opportunities in relation of factors driving steel demand. The report also contains information about steel pricing and government stimulus package to bring the industry back on growth track.

In addition, the report has made projection for steel demand in different vertical industries to give a rough direction in which the steel industry is likely to move in coming years. The competitive landscape segment is mainly focused on key industry players and provides valuable information about their business description, strategies together with SWOT analysis.
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1. Analyst View
2. US - In Global Context
3. US Steel Industry - Analysis
3.1 Availability of Raw Material
3.2 Production vs Consumption
3.3 Product Mix
3.4 Export-Import
3.5 Steel Scrap
4. Steel Demand Analysis to 2012
4.1 Automobile Sector
4.2 Construction Sector
4.2.1 Residential Sector
4.2.2 Non-residential Sector
4.3 Energy Sector
5. Steel Pricing Analysis
6. Government Initiatives - The Stimulus Package
7. Mergers & Acquisitions
8. Industry Trends
8.1 Steel Recycling
8.2 Energy Efficiency
8.3 Consolidation
8.4 Rising Cost of Raw Material
9. Competitive Landscape
9.1 United States Steel Corporation
9.2 ArcelorMittal
9.3 Nucor Corporation
9.4 Steel Dynamics
9.5 AK Steel
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List of Figures:

Figure 2-1: Global - Top Crude Steel Producing Countries (Million Metric Tons), 2008 & 2009
Figure 2-2: Share of US in Global Crude Steel Production (2008 & 2009)
Figure 3-1: Iron Ore Production (Million Metric Tons), 2005-2008
Figure 3-2: Iron Ore Imports (Million Metric Tons), 2005-2008
Figure 3-3: Iron Ore Imports by Country (%), 2004 to 2007
Figure 3-4: Crude Steel Production (Million Metric Tons), 2006-2012
Figure 3-5: Crude Steel Consumption (Million Metric Tons), 2006-2012
Figure 3-6: Apparent Steel Supply (Million Tons), 2006-2009
Figure 3-7: Apparent Steel Consumption (Million Metric Tons), 2006-2009
Figure 3-8: Crude Steel Production by Process (%), 2008
Figure 3-9: Steel Imports (Million Tons), 2006-2009
Figure 3-10: Steel Exports (Million Tons), 2006-2009
Figure 3-11: Iron and Steel Scrap Production (Million Metric Tons), 2006-2009
Figure 3-12: Iron and Steel Scrap Exports (Million Metric Tons), 2006-2009
Figure 3-13: Iron and Steel Scrap Imports (Million Metric Tons), 2006-2009
Figure 4-1: Forecast for Automobile Production (Million Units), 2010-2012
Figure 4-2: Automobile Steel Consumption by Segment (%), 2009
Figure 4-3: Housing Starts (Million Units), 2006-2012
Figure 4-4: Non-residential Building Floor Area (Million Square Feet), 2006-2012
Figure 4-5: Non-residential Building Steel Consumption (‘000 Tons), 2006-2012
Figure 4-6: Steel Demand in Energy Industry (Million Tons), 2006-2010
Figure 5-1: Average Steel Spot Price (US$/Ton), 2006-2009
Figure 5-2: Average Steel Scrap Price (US$/Ton), 2006-2009
Figure 8-1: Energy Consumption in Steel Shipment (MBTU/Ton), 2003-2007

List of Tables:

Table 3-1: Steel Product Net Shipment by Market Class (‘000 Short Tons) 2004 & 2005
Table 3-2: Finished Steel Mill Product Imports by Country (‘000 Net Tons), 2008 & 2009
Table 3-3: Steel Mill Product Exports by Country (%), 2007
Table 3-4: Top 10 Steel Scrap Exporting Destinations (Tons), 2007
Table 6-1: Steel Consumption Potential by Sector (Tons)
Table 7-1: Major M&A’s in Steel Industry (Valued atleast or over US$ 1 Billion), 2007 & 2008
Table 8-1: Steel Recycling Rates by Sector (%), 2005-2008
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