China's crude steel production down 3% Most other top-10 countries increased output in 2021 Europe's crude steel production up 14.1% Source - https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/metals/012622-global-crude-steel-production-climbs-36-on-year-in-2021-worldsteel 1. Chinese steel - https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/chinese-steel-production-languishes-as-market-awaits-stimulus-1.1727218 2. Green steel - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-climate-change-steel-co2-greenhouse-gas-emissions-1.6353814 3. Hydrogen - https://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=58297 4. Steel production - https://www.steeltimesint.com/news/worldsteel-reports-6-1-decrease-in-steel-production 5. USA steel - https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/great-lakes-steel-production-slides-again-falling-for-fourth-straight-week/article_c93678d0-e701-5514-838c-2c3e6d169205.html 6. Machine tools - https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/machine-tools-industry-anticipated-surpass-134500869.html 7. Welding - https://weldingheadquarters.com/will-welding-be-automated/ 8. Ports - https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/biden-team-seeks-port-revival-plans-it-spends-infrastructure-cash-2022-02-23/ 9. ESG - https://www.greenbiz.com/article/episode-302-talking-green-steel-esg-and-exec-pay 10. Metal Fabrication - https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/article/shopmanagement/metal-fabrication-capex-set-to-rise-in-2022

1. Steel Sector – Canada
and the United States
PAUL YOUNG CPA CGA
FEBRUARY 23, 2022

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3. Agenda
Steel Manufacturing – Canada and USA
Automotive
AI and Analytics
Issues facing Steel

4. Steel Manufacturing Sales
Source – https://worldsteel.org/media-centre/press-releases/2022/december-2021-crude-
steel-production-and-2021-global-totals/
January-2022-crude-s
teel-production-press-release.pdf

5. Steel Prices
Source - https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/steel?countrycode=xx

6. Top
Countries
/ Steel
SOURCE – WORLD STEEL

7. Steel Manufacturing Sales
2021 Steel stats.pdf

8. Steel
World Steel - June
2021.pdf

9. Steel and Metal Fabrication

10. Global Automotive
Sales
Source – TD Bank
CommodityPriceRepo
rt_october2021.pdf

11. AI and /Analytics - Steel
 AI and Steel Materials - https://www.hannovermesse.de/en/news/news-articles/ai-takes-a-closer-look-
at-steel-materials
 Russian Steel and AI - http://marchmontnews.com/Industry-Manufacturing/North-West/22796-
Russian-steel-giant-benefits-artificial-intelligence--.html
 Asset utilization and maintenance - https://www.machinedesign.com/automation-
iiot/article/21837373/how-predictive-maintenance-is-improving-asset-efficiency

12. Steel
Source -
https://www.businesswire.co
m/news/home/20200824005
567/en/Governments-Stop-
Layoffs-Evraz-Steel

13. Blog – Steel Sector
In a statement accompanying the report, PMA President David Klotz noted the lack of labor as one of several challenges in metal
forming right now. Klotz noted that helping member companies find and maintain employees is “a major focus” for his organization,
and that it was working on a campaign to attract workers to the industry by driving awareness and strengthen workforce training
programs.
While the report did not include a question on the price of materials, Klotz said prices for raw materials are still increasing trouble for
companies engaged in machining and shaping them. “Lead times and skyrocketing prices for raw materials, particularly steel, but also
for aluminum, copper, brass and other metals, continue to grow and now extend into 2022 in some cases,” he said.
https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/data-and-statistics/article/21176048/metalformers-face-raw-material-price-hikes-and-
labor-shortages?utm_source=IY%20IW%20Daily%20Headlines%20-
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statistics/article/21176048/metalformers-face-raw-material-price-hikes-and-labor-
shortages?utm_source=IY%20IW%20Daily%20Headlines%20-
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Addressing critical aspects of productivity, like asset write-off or R&D or all aspects of the circular economy or other areas need to be a
key focus by all levels of government
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14. Steel Industry
 Automation - https://www.canadianmetalworking.com/canadianmetalworking/news/covid19/automation-
alley-contributes-to-white-paper-report-on-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-advanced-manufacturing
 Slow growth - https://www.ibisworld.com/canada/market-research-reports/iron-steel-manufacturing-industry/
 Steel market collapse in 2020 -https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/steel
 Iron-Ore supply - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view/china-australia-tensions-could-
disrupt-metals-market-probis-securities/articleshow/76152926.cms?from=mdr
 Wider losses for steel companies - https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/trade/article/22028262/us-
steel-plunges-as-industry-earnings-reel-with-price-of-metal
 Week demand and over supply - https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/weak-demand-
oversupply-price-drop-to-hit-steel-sector-in-q2-fy21-ind-ra-120070400508_1.html
 Iron-Ore Production down in 2020 - http://www.tradearabia.com/news/IND_369812.html
 AI and Analytics - https://www.ibm.com/blogs/client-voices/isdemir-improves-steel-production-iot/ or
https://www.metaltechnews.com/story/2020/06/24/mining-tech/shell-ibm-launch-smart-mining-
platform/259.html
 Adjusting to the new norm - https://www2.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/new-normal-for-canada-and-the-
world

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