Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/144372 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
NBB Working Paper No. 160
Publisher: 
National Bank of Belgium, Brussels
Abstract: 
This paper provides a survey of the main developments in the iron and steel industry over the last few decades. The first chapter covers the changing conditions on international markets and identifies the main challenges facing the companies in this sector. These include the boom in China, the increasing prices of steel and raw materials, the wave of mergers and acquisitions as well as the implementation of environmental regulations, in particular the Kyoto Protocol. Against the backdrop of the worsening global economic crisis, market conditions for steel are also set to change markedly, at least in the medium term. The second chapter provides an assessment of the Belgian iron and steel sector's economic impact, in terms of direct value added, employment and investment. The chapter also includes an evaluation of the indirect effects of the sector, both upstream and downstream
Subjects: 
branch survey
iron and steel industry
market structure
indirect effects
JEL: 
L61
L22
Q5
C67
J21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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