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EU, Asia see steel input prices explode.

Publication: Metal Center News
Publication Date: 01-JAN-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: EU, Asia see steel input prices explode.(Metal Industry News)

Article Excerpt
The increase in production costs that European steel ills are facing is almost unprecedented, according to MEPS International Ltd., a British market observer and consultancy.

The last time the industry faced pressures on a similar scale was probably during the energy crisis years of the 1970s--and this brought a period of stagnation in steel demand across most western industrial nations and ultimately led to massive closures of uncompetitive steel-making capacity.

All kinds of records have been broken on...

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