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THE FUTURE OF STEEL INDUSTRY
4) SHIFTING TO ELECTRICAL STEELMAKING Scale is important in the
industry—and even as electric-arc furnace (EAF) mini-mills have made inroads, the
pursuit of operating scale has continued. But so too has the development of
advanced, smaller scale configurations. The restricted incoming rules of the circular
economy and climate change will encourage the proliferation of reduced-scale plants
that are sized to match new low-carbon production processes and take advantage of
renewable energy sources;
5) EMERGING ECONOMIES Global steel demand over the next decade will mainly
depend on the emerging economies. However, economic conditions for the global
steel industry remain uncertain and challenging;