70th Session of the OECD Steel Committee May 2010

The OECD Steel Committee meeting took place on 12-13 May 2011 at the OECD headquarters in Paris.

Please find below the presentations that were given at the meeting:

Item 3. World Economic Outlook

• Recent economic developments – OECD, Paul van den Noord

Item 4. Summary of global steel market developments

• The global steel market: a brief summary – OECD, Mr. Anthony de Carvalho
• Trends in the global steel market – OECD, Mr.Laurent Daniel
• Short Range Outlook – worldsteel, Dr. Nae Hee HAN

Item 5. Steel Market developments by region

• Economic & Steel Market Development in Japan –The Japan Iron and Steel Federation, Mr. Shigeru Hagiuda
• Regional Steel Market Developments and Key Challenges Facing NAFTA Steel Producers - North American Steel Industry, Mr. Barry Solarz
• Recent Development of Chinese Steel Market – Chinese Iron and Steel Association, Mr. Jingjing Wu
• EU steel market situation and outlook – EUROFER, Mr. Karl Tachelet
• Indian Steel Industry – An Overview – India, Mr. Dalip Singh
• Overview and Forecast for Korea’s Steel Industry – Korea Iron and Steel Association, Mr. Sung-Woo Kim
• Russia: steel market review – Russian Steel Consortium,  Mr. Yuri Mishin, Metalloinvest
• Recent developments in the Turkish Steel industry and Outlook – Turkish Iron and Steel Producers Association, Dr. Veysel Yayan
• Latin American Steel Market: situation and perspectives – ILAFA, Ms. Carmen Silva
• Global market and Ukriane Steel Industry – UPE Company, Mr. V.A Vlasyuk,
• A Quick Look on the Steel Industry in the Arab World – AISU, Mr. Mohamed Laid Lachgar
  

Item 6. Steelmaking raw materials : Market developments and policy issues

• Steelmaking raw materials – OECD, Mr. Anthony de Carvalho and Mr.Laurent Daniel
• Recent restrictions on metallurgic raw material exports – EUROFER, Mr. Karl Tachelet
• A new commodity world ? Steel and its raw materials in the midst of the 2011 commodity boom - Professor Philippe Chalmin
• The Global Steel Industry and Raw Materials – Mr. Alan Price and Mr Doug Gunson
• Dry Bulk Freight Market: Has the Market Finally Succumbed to Oversupply? – SSY, Mr. Derek Langston

Item 7. Steel and the environment

• Invention and Transfer of Environmental Technologies: Evidence based on Patent Data -  OECD, Mr. Nick Johnstone
• Preparing for the Technology Transition in Steel Production - Mr. John Newman
• Reducing GHG emissions from steel: Practicalities of a Life Cycle or Value Chain Approach - Mr. Peter Wooders, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Item 9. Energy policies and their impact on the steel industry

•  Energy subsidies in the steel Industry – Mr. Alan Grimmond, McLellan and Partners Limited

Item 10. Steel trade policies

• Steel trade and policy developments – OECD, Mr. Anthony de Carvalho

Item 12. Chairman's statement

• Statement by Mr. Risaburo Nezu,  Chairman of the OECD Steel Committee