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  • China Steel BriefingDownloadable Sample

    China Steel Briefing contains two parts:

    Email Alert:

    Timely and proprietary report on market movement, important data release, breaking news, and government policy.

    Weekly Report:

    Timely and in-depth report and analysis of market movements. It covers long (DeBar and Wire Rod) and flat products (HR, CR, GI, and Medium & Heavy Plate). The analysis is based on the change of supply & demand balance, import & export activities, impact of cost variance, market sentiment, and other drivers of price movement. The report also gives our unique opinion and forecast of short and mid-long term price and supply & demand trends. All the data and comments are from our in-house steel team that has more than fifty analysts who closely follow market. The entire report is supported by charts and graphs, in which the data are mostly from our primary research.

Industry Overview and Company Survey

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  • China Steel Industry Overview

Supply-demand Outlook

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  • China Steel Capacity and Production OverviewDownloadable Sample

    China's steel industry has experienced remarkable upheaval in recent years. The crude steel capacity in 2005 is almost three times of that in 2000. The huge expansion on China's steel capacity drove the industry from insufficient to over-supply and China is turning from a net importer to a net exporter in 2006. The rising of overcapacity has been concerned by the central government, and National Development and Reform Committee (NDRC) has already implemented policy to eliminate inefficient capacity. This professional report involved with exclusive information, delivering deep insights of steel industry and assistances to your business performance.

    Where are our data from? How do we collect data?

    We own large in-house databases and we purchase necessary data and latest reports on capacity from authoritative data providers. And we have contacted target mills, experts and other key persons to obtain primary and exclusive capacity data and expansion projects through direct phone surveys and field interviews.

    How may steel mills we covered and who we have contacted with?

    We collected primary data around 100 steel mills, directly called or field interviewed with the key persons in production, planning and sales & marketing departments in these steel mills.

    How long and how many analysts we devoted?

    Over 30 of our steel analysts spent over one and half months to finish this report.

    How do we analyze the data?

    Based on our preeminent knowledge in understanding new equipments put into production and their production cycle, we calculated effective capacity based on designed capacity. It enables the effective capacity to close to real production.

    We also put in consideration the consolidation mentioned in the "Eleventh five-year" plan by central government that advocates the elimination of inefficient capacity. We pre-evaluate the progress of capacity elimination in yearly basis, based on our understanding of the steel industry and government behavior.

    How do we conclude?

    We eventually concluded the solid prospects of China steel industry and the features of main finished steel products' development within the coming five years by analyzing the historical data.

  • China Steel Industry Consumption Outlook

    As the main catalyst of the global steel market, China's steel industry will continue its rapid development in 2006. This upward trend will be sustained by major steel consuming industries including construction and machinery manufacture. Covering both these industries, China Steel Industry Demand Report will deliver its audience a set of rewarding information.

    Equipped with sound research skills and solid industry knowledge, CBI Research & Consulting's research group specializes in utilizing well-designed statistical and analytical models to produce client-oriented reports with cogent support from our serviceable database. Therefore, CBI Research & Consulting's report can provide you with opportunities to gain access to a vast range of useful sources and unrivalled real-time intelligence on China's steel market. By acting either as your main resource or as a support for your own research, you may ascertain some real value from the report as follows:

    • Identify major drivers impelling Chinese steel consumption and further sort out eight key sectors as main research areas;
    • General review and forecast of China's steel consumption industries supported by key figures;
    • Meticulous detailing of consumption processes, industry-by-industry, including construction, machinery, automobile, railway.
    • Presentation of each selected industry with comprehensive statistical figures and valuable insights

    Detailed below is the research methodology flow that makes our demand report preeminent (e.g. construction industry):

    • Classify the construction industry into several sectors and each sector is divided into more specific minor segments;
    • Go into details for each minor segment and work out its unit steel consumption;
    • Unit consumption is multiplied over the segment to obtain total steel consumption of this sector;
    • Obtain aggregate steel consumption figures for the industry by adding up all segments' consumption volumes;
    • Explore and indicate main drivers that may influence demand and consumption within the construction industry.

Cost Analysis

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  • China's Steel Cost Analysis

    Understanding about China's steel product cost advantage
    Driven by iron ore's price hike in the Asian market, China – already the world's largest importer – has suffered tremendous cost growth due to its increasing dependence on foreign iron ore. Currently, China is conducting a new round of negotiations with the world's major suppliers to stop the irrational raw material price rise. What will happen to China's steel industry if foreign iron ore prices keep climbing? What is the exact cost structure for Chinese steel mills? To answer these questions, CBI Research & Consulting provides inestimable intelligence into the crux of the matter to offer you unique solutions.
    CBI Research & Consulting's outstanding analysts use their expertise to summarize raw material prices, logistics costs, energy consumption, and process as key variables influencing steel production cost. Furthermore, based on our comprehensive statistical database we adopt an innovative methodology that first considers the impact of different iron ore sources and then covers the production flow of steel-making to detect any cost added along the process.
    For an express overview of our independent analysis, please refer to the bullet points as follows

    • Cost comparisons at a glance based on different iron ore sources (imported, mixed, and domestic)
    • Detailed cost analyses by process and by product;
    • Exploration of the role played by raw materials in variable cost analysis;
    • Sensitive analysis of iron ore and coke price fluctuations for companies relying on different sources;
    • Discussion of main drivers influencing steel production cost;
    • Helpful hints for acquiring cost leadership and examples manifested in typical Chinese mills.

    All the above helps you obtain a systematic view of steel production cost in China and endows you with a leading edge when it comes to China's steel industry.

Field Interview Arrangement

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  • China Steel Mills Visit
  • China Steel Associations and Governmental Organizations Meetings
  • China Steel Downstream End Users Interview