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The report is devoted to investigation of current standing of global market of
cast iron in Russia and forecast of the market development up to 2010. The
report consists of 11 Sections, contains 126 pages, including 65 Figures, 61
Tables, Introduction and Conclusion. This work is desk study. As information
sources, we used data of Rosstat, Inter-state Committee on Statistics of CIS
countries, Federal Customs Service of Russia, official domestic railage
statistic of JSC RZhD (former Ministry of Railway Transport of Russia),
Gosstandard of Russia, foreign statistic handbooks, FGUP TsNIIChermet,
Rudprom, Chermet Corporation, IISI, MySteel, Japan Iron and Steel Federation,
Iron & Steel Works of the Global, Eurostat, IPIA, CRU, Statistic Agency of
Ukraine, sectoral (industrial) and regional press (including foreign), annual
and quarterly reports of companies, as well as data from web-sites of
company-producers.
The first Section of the report presents data on reserves of iron ore
resources in the main mining countries: Australia, Brazil, India, Russia,
Ukraine.
The second Section is devoted to analysis of the main processes of production
of cast iron in the world. The Section gives the main characteristics of
processes of cast iron production in the world.
The third Section is devoted to analysis of consumption of the main resources
and fuel in blast furnace production in Russia, including data on specific
consumption of iron ore resources and fuel in production of cast iron at some
metallurgical enterprises of the country.
The fourth Section considers data on requirements, imposed on quality of cast
iron. The Section presents data on chemistry of various cast irons, including
in accordance with standards of China, which is leading producer of cast iron
in the world now.
The fifth Section analyses tendencies of production of cast iron in the world.
In the production, share of Asian countries, first of all, China, steadily
increases. In latest years, rates increasing production of cast iron in the
world outstrip rates of growth of steel production. Data on production of cast
iron in the world and in distinct countries for the period of 2000-2006 are
given, changing pattern of regional production of cast iron is shown, the
greatest global producers of cast iron is identified.
The sixth Section analysis development of production of cast iron in leading
country-producers, including China, Japan, Russia, Brazil, Japan, EU
countries, Ukraine. The Section presents data on volumes of production,
leading company- producers of cast iron, availability and volume of blast
furnaces and their productivity, launching new capacities.
The seventh Section is devoted to analysis of current situation at world
market of commodity cast iron. Leading suppliers of commodity cast iron at
world market are Brazil and Russia. The Section considers tendencies of
production of commodity cast iron in Brazil and Russia. The main problem of
producers of commodity cast iron in Brazil is provision with charcoal.
Nevertheless, Brazilian metallurgical companies plan expanding capacities on
production of commodity cast iron.
The eighth Section is devoted to analysis of world trade in cast iron. The
Section presents data on dynamics of volumes of world exports of cast iron,
reveals the greatest exporters and importers of cast iron. The greatest
exporters of cast iron are Brazil and Russia, whereas the main importers are
USA, European countries, some Asian countries.
The ninth Section analyses tendencies of world consumption of cast iron,
including in the greatest countries. Leading consumers of cast iron are China,
Japan, Russia and USA. The first 3 country demonstrate increasing consumption
of cast iron, owed, first of all, by increasing production of steel. Notice
that, in the countries, the main rout of steelmaking is BOC technology, at
relatively low, compared with a number of European countries and USA, share of
electric steel.
The tenth Section analyses price conjuncture tendencies at world market of
cast iron. A characteristic feature of global market of cast iron in latest
years is increasing price level (except 2005). Conjuncture of market of cast
iron depends on supply-demand balance of the product and level of prices on
ferrous metal scrap and metallised resources. In latest years, a tendency
increasing gap between prices on prices on cast iron and prices on ferrous
metal scrap is in force.
In the 2nd half of 2006 and early 2007, at world market, highest levels of
prices on cast iron were reached.
The 11th Section presents forecast of development of market of cast iron up to
2010. We expect further increasing demand for cast iron at world market. Rates
of growth of production of cast iron will outstrip rates of expanding
steelmaking in connection of domination of converter steel production method
in China, as well as in India, where a number of large projects is to be
realized, short supply of high-grade scrap, decreasing scrap supplies to world
market from Russia and some other countries, and other reasons.
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