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Raw Material & Steel Prices

WORLD STEEL PRICES

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Trends & Forecasts

Steelmaking raw material costs and finished steel prices are on a falling trend, but the low point in the cycle may be some way off. Why not check out our pricing pages to learn more about billet, slab, DRI and electrode prices? Or click here to see our five year steel price projections.

STEEL PRICE FORECASTS

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Capex Costs

We maintain a database of capital investment costs for iron and steelmaking plant and equipment. The database, compiled from public information on onver 1000 actual investments, covers the following.

Raw materials: sinter plants, coke making, DRI, pellet plants, coal washing plants, lime plants.
Iron and steelmaking: blast furnaces, BOF, EAF, induction furnaces, and continuous casting. We also maintain capital investment cost data for pig iron desulphurization, and ladle furnaces, vacuum degassing.
Flat products: steel plate, hot rolled coil, cold rolled coil, hot dip galvanised sheet, tinplate, organic coated sheet.
Long products: heavy sections, rail, steel bar, rod, wire.
Tube: welded pipe and seamless tube.
Ancillary operations: air separation units, power plants, slitting lines, pickling plant, waste water treatment plant, acid regeneration plants.

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Contact us to learn more about our iron and steelmaking capex cost database. We can also assist with valuations of second-hand equipment.

CAPEX COST DATABASE

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Selected Steel IndustryMaps

We can supply plant location and capacity spreadsheet data and / or prepare maps for any group of facilities in most geographies.

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Cost Models

We can prepare cost models for raw material production (including coke, sinter, DRI), iron and steelmaking (BOF, EAF and induction furnace), casting and rolling (including flat, long or tube products). These models can be prepared for any region of the world, or for any nominated facility. Please contact us for further information.

Example here shows 2020 liquid steel cost for EAF-based steelmaking in a notional 1 mt / year coastal plant in Japan.

2020 EAF Cost Model

Models can also be used for cost curves e.g. HRC cost curve

BOF COST MODEL EAF COST MODEL

Historic Perspectives

Selected Steel Firm: Gerdau

Recent events:
2013: Temporarily idles melt shop at steel mill in Cambridge Ontario.
2014: Starts expansion of Minas Gerais iron ore production to 24mt.
2015: Lays off 200 workers at Pindamonhangaba steel mill.
2016: Investigation of CEO & others into alleged tax evasion scandal.
2016: Completes sale of Spanish special steel business to Clerbil.
2017: In talks over potential sale of Mexican and Indian steel assets.
2018: Sells remaining equity stake in Gerdau Steel India Ltd.
2019: Buys steel mill in northeastern Brazil for $111 million.
2020: Announces planned closure of Jackson Michigan SBQ plant.
2020: Announces plan to idle Minnesota EAF and rolling mill.

For earlier Gerdau events,
visit Gerdau history page.

Why not check out our history of steel pages, and learn about the corporate history of the world's 30 largest steelmakers?

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