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    Global Steel Demand to Grow 0.5% in 2017

    Written by Sandy Williams


    The World Steel Association (worldsteel) released its Short Range Outlook for 2016 and 2017. According to the new report, global steel demand will increase by 0.2 percent to 1,501 million tonnes in 2016. Steel demand contracted by 3.0 percent in 2015. The 2017 forecast is for global steel demand to grow 0.5 percent to 1,510 million tonnes.

    Worldsteel says continued weak global investment is holding back stronger steel demand recovery.

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