Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Asia / Australia Metals Industry Report
Latest data suggest that the rebound seen in H111 weakened significantly in the second half of the year. Indeed, slower real GDP growth in several key economies, combined with higher levels of market... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Austria Metals Industry Report
Austria will not escape the effects of the eurozone debt crisis and its effects on downstream industries, notably the automotive industry, and BMI's Austria Metals Report anticipates a downturn in st... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Belgium Metals Industry Report
The Belgian steel industry is set for a poor year with a sharp downturn in external demand leading to the closure of domestic production capacity, according to BMI's latest Belgium Metals Report. In... Read More
Pub date: 02 May 2012 Latin America / Brazil Metals Industry Report
The threat of deindustrialisation hangs over the Brazilian steel and aluminium industries, which are facing increasing pressure from competition with cheaper imports and a lag between demand growth a... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 North America / Canada Metals Industry Report
While the Canadian metals market is set to be an outperformer, consumption growth will be insufficient to sustain output growth in 2012 with the US market set to determine production, according to BM... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Asia / China Metals Industry Report
From 2012 to 2016 the metals industry in China will be facing a period of steady declines in demand and supply growth. On the demand side, we are expecting a sharp slowdown in Chinese fixed asset in... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Metals Industry Report
The Czech steel industry is likely to enter recession in 2012 as exports come under pressure amid a slump in European demand, according to BMI's latest Czech Republic Metals Report. In 2011 Czech cr... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Africa / Egypt Metals Industry Report
2011 will be a lost year for Egyptian metals production, with the civil unrest and political uncertainty undermining performance in the second half of the year, according to BMI's latest Egypt Metals... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Europe / France Metals Industry Report
The French steel industry is set for a contraction in 2012 as exports contract and the domestic market comes under pressure, although it will remain one of the better performing in Europe with constr... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Europe / Germany Metals Industry Report
The German steel market is losing momentum and steelmakers are likely to review their operations in the country over coming months, with the likelihood of temporary blast furnace closures and reduced... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Asia / India Metals Industry Report
India's growth slowdown is now well underway, but BMI's latest India Metals Report anticipates limited domestic demand will have little effect on output growth over the medium-term, which is being sp... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Middle East / Iran Metals Industry Report
The international sanctions regime is severely curtailing Iran's trade in steel, which is boosting short-term output but will threaten the expansion of the domestic industry in the long-term, accordi... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Europe / Italy Metals Industry Report
Italian crude steel output grew 11.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2011 to 28.66mn tonnes (mnt), securing its position as the EU's second-largest steelmaking country as well as the most impressive growth ... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Asia / Japan Metals Industry Report
The earthquake in Japan in March 2011 will have a significant bearing on the country's metals industry for years to come. In the short term, the disruption halted production at several copper and alu... Read More
Pub date: 03 May 2012 Asia / Malaysia Metals Industry Report
Recent developments support our view that Malaysia's real GDP growth will continue to slow in 2012. Should global economic headwinds intensify over the coming months, this would increase the risk of ... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Latin America / Mexico Metals Industry Report
The Mexican steel industry's recovery will continue in 2011, and has surprised to the upside in recent months, with record levels of output. While the recovery will be export-led in 2012, it will fac... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Europe / Netherlands Metals Industry Report
The Dutch steel industry will face a decline in market activity in 2012 due to the impact of the eurozone crisis with a corresponding fall in output, but BMI's latest Netherlands Metals Report envisa... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Poland Metals Industry Report
Domestic demand will be the crucial factor spurring Polish metals production growth over the coming months as the economy bucks the EU trend and continues its robust growth, although the country's p... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Romania Metals Industry Report
Although the Romanian steel industry will not be immune from the European economic downturn, an expected decline in exports will be offset by a robust domestic market and it is expected to report fla... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Europe / Russia Metals Industry Report
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Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Africa / South Africa Metals Industry Report
South African metals production is faced with the twin challenges of rising input costs and an increasingly difficult market over 2012, a situation that will only be alleviated by modest depreciation... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 Asia / South Korea Metals Industry Report
BMI's latest South Korea Metals Report highlights that 2011 has seen a continuation of the growth seen across all sectors in 2010 as well as a revival in construction. Imports from Japan are being li... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Europe / Spain Metals Industry Report
The outlook for the Spanish steel industry is poor, with the repercussions of the current adverse economic circumstances likely to be felt for years. In the first 10 months of 2011 Spanish crude ste... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Europe / Sweden Metals Industry Report
The Swedish steel industry has capitalised on its niche markets to stage a strong come-back, but rising costs and falling product prices will squeeze margins according to this latest Sweden Metals Re... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Asia / Taiwan Metals Industry Report
The Taiwanese steel industry is set for a period of slowdown going into 2012, although infrastructure projects should support long steel production, according to BMI's latest Taiwan Metals Report. I... Read More
Pub date: 05 Apr 2012 Europe / Turkey Metals Industry Report
The Turkish steel industry is being supported by a dynamic economy that made it one of the fastestgrowing in the world in 2011, according to BMI's latest Turkey Metals Report. Turkish crude steel ou... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Ukraine Metals Industry Report
Steel production was significantly weaker than BMI had expected from Q411 and going into 2012 as both the domestic and external environments became increasingly more challenging. Cost pressures, par... Read More
Pub date: 26 Apr 2012 Europe / United Kingdom Metals Industry Report
We expect the sudden growth in steel production in the UK in H111 to be short-lived as the country experiences a sluggish domestic recovery and external trade headwinds caused by the slowdown in the ... Read More
Pub date: 27 Apr 2012 North America / United States Metals Industry Report
The US metals market is set for a period of stagnation in 2012 as the economy weakens, although a contraction is an unlikely scenario, according to BMI's latest US Metals Report. BMI forecasts crude... Read More