EMEARC: Benchmarking key regional steel cost drivers

Report summary

Burdened by oversupply and poor margins, steel producers in the EMEARC region (Europe, Middle East, Africa, Russia and Caspian) have been at the frontline of the malaise in the global steel market. With producers under pressure, significant amounts of capacity have been taken offline as the issue of steel producer costs has come increasingly to the fore. The EMEARC region has the largest variation in total operating costs. The key to low operating costs at BOF steel plants is low iron-making...