69th Session of the OECD Steel Committee Meeting

Senior government officials and industry representatives from major steel-producing economies met in Paris on 2-3 December 2010 to attend the 69th OECD Steel Committee. The meeting focused on many important issues, including the market situation and prospects, trade and government policies in the area of steel, and environmental issues .

 


Chairman's Statement

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


 Item 5: World economic outlook

 

The Global Economic Outlook (OECD)


Item 6: Steel market development

 

Trends in the global steel market (OECD)
Developments in world steelmaking capacity (OECD)
Short Range Outlook for Steel Demand (worldsteel)
Regional Steel Market Conditions and Perspectives in a New Trade Environment (NAFTA)
Latin American Steel Market (ILAFA)
Indian Steel Industry: An Overview (India)
Economic & Steel Market Development in Japan (JISF)
Steel Industry in Korea (KOSA)
EU steel market situation and outlook (EUROFER)
Recent Developments in the Turkish Steel Industry (Turkey)

Russia Steel Market Developments (Russia)
World Steel Market and Ukrainian metallurgy in 2010 (Ukraine)


Item 7: Government policies and trade

 

Steel trade and policy developments (OECD)
Steel and the use of trade remedies (Canada)
Steel Trade in a New Environment (EU)
China’s Steel Industry and Policy Development after the Financial Crisis (China)
EU policy response to the post-recession economic situation (EU)

 

Item 8: Steelmaking raw materials: Market development and policy issues

 

Steelmaking raw materials: Market and Policy Developments (OECD)
Scrap Supply in the Global Steel Industry: A Better Path (United States Industry)

Joint EMF-IMF steel statement: Anticipating change for a sustainable global and European steel industry (EMF-IMF)

Item 9: How to respond to the environmental challenges: Exploring options for emission reductions

 

OECD Work on Climate Change  (OECD)

Japan’s Policy Trend for Climate Change issues (Japan)
Taipei’s Perspective on Climate Change Policies (Chinese Taipei)

Climate Change Policy and the Iron and Steel Industry 2010 (John Newman)
Greenhouse gas emission in the Russian iron and steel sector (Russia)

Sustainable Industrial Policy (European Union)
 

 

 


 

 

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