KGI Securites Opinion: China’s Steel Production Rose 8 Percent, Above The 600 Million Tons



December 4th, 2009 | File Under : Coal - Companies - Energy - Mining Exploration

steel-productionGrowth in China’s industrial sector is always getting the attention of mining companies, because the growth of industrial sector affects the growth of the global industrial sector.

Growth in demand for raw materials mining and minerals production in China is very high, so many mining companies are interested in investing in the development of mining exploration in China.

Steel production sector is a sector which experienced very high growth in the year 2009, so the demand for imported iron ore and coking coal to China experienced tremendous growth.

KGI Securities analyst in Taipei, making an analysis of the growth of steel production and coking coal demand in 2010.

“China’s crude steel production will grow 8 percent, crude steel production is estimated at over 600 million metric tons. Crude steel production growth will encourage demand for primary raw material production of crude steel, coking coal, at high levels. Coking coal supply in China will remain tight in 2010, while gross margin coking coal suppliers will hover around current levels. We estimate the price of coking coal increased from 10 to 15 percent in the spring of 2010 as the steel sector to enter the peak season, improving gross margin coking coal-maker. Rise in coking coal imports by China will begin to change the landscape of global coking coal trade in 2010. Like the European Union and North America growing demand for coking coal, for steel production is higher, the global coking coal supply will continue to closely, raising the price. ”

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