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News & Events
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68th Session of the OECD Steel Committee: Chairman Statement
11-May-2010
7/5/2010 - The global steel industry is recovering faster than expected from the recession but the strength and timing of the upturn varies across regions, according to industry and government officials at the OECD’s Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 6-7 May 2010. Further improvements are expected in the short term although it may take years for some parts of the sector to fully recover.
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Steel : OECD Steel Committee says market recovering faster than expected
07-May-2010
The global steel industry is recovering faster than expected from the recession but the strength and timing of the upturn varies across regions, according to industry and government officials at the OECD’s Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 6-7 May 2010.
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15-Jul-2009
The economic downturn has hit shipbuilding hard. New orders have contracted by up to 90% and cancellations have increased, which is likely to result in significant excess shipbuilding capacity. This outlook is unlikely to improve for some time.
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09-Jun-2009
The gobal economic crisis has led to a sharp contraction in steel production, consumption, prices and jobs. According to industry and government officials at the OECD’s Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 8-9 June 2009, conditions for a recovery in demand could begin to be seen towards the end of the year.
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23-Jan-2009
This report analyses the interaction between the ship repair, ship conversion and shipbuilding industries, and examines the possibilities of shipbuilding yards engaging in simultaneous activities and the movement from one sector to the other in response to market pressures and opportunities.
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23-Jan-2009
This report on the shipbuilding industry in China is one in a series of such reports intended to provide an insight into the shipbuilding sectors of both OECD members and non-OECD economies. It benefited from detailed comments provided by the China Shipbuilding Economy Research Center.
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23-Jan-2009
This report on the shipbuilding industry in Vietnam is one in a series of such reports intended to provide an insight into the shipbuilding sectors of both OECD members and non-OECD economies. The report was prepared with the assistance of Vinashin (the Vietnamese State Shipbuilding Corporation), which provided detailed comments.
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23-May-2008
The world steel market remains strong in spite of heightened risks to the global economy, according to industry and government officials at the OECD’s Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 22-23 May 2008.
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22-Apr-2008
What are the trends in the iron and steel industry for the world's major economies? The new 2008 edition of this publication is now available on SourceOECD, with data through February 2008.
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Events
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from 10-Dec-2009 to 11-Dec-2009
The 67th Session of the OECD Steel Committee meeting was held on 10-11 December 2009 at OECD headquarters in Paris. The OECD Steel Committee brings together government and steel industry representatives from all major steel-producing countries to address common challenges.
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from 09-Jul-2009 to 10-Jul-2009
Participants at this meeting considered in depth the impact of the current economic crisis on the world shipbuilding industry. As well as the OECD members, the meeting was attended by Romania as a full participant, and Brazil, China, Russia, Chinese Taipei and Ukraine as ad-hoc observers. Together, the participants accounted for around 95% of world shipbuilding production in 2008. This special item took place during the 108th Session of the OECD’s Council Working Party on Shipbuilding, 9-10 July 2009.
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from 15-Dec-2008 to 16-Dec-2008
Government and industry representatives meet in Kuala Lumpur on 15/16th December 2008 to review and discuss how the world’s steel industry is coping with the consequences of the financial crisis and what these developments imply for the steel-related raw material markets. By building a broader understanding of the steel-related raw material markets and exploring ways to improve the way they function.
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