Impact of the economic and financial crisis on the evolving trend of crude steel consumption

Given that the modern world cannot be conceived without the existence of the steel and its use, the crude steel consumption may be considered as an indicator characterizing the economic development of a country. The purpose of this paper is to establish the evolution of the world, regional and state...

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Published inMetalurgija Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 267 - 270
Main Author Paliu-Popa, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hrvatsko Metalursko Društvo (HMD) 01.01.2016
Croatian Metallurgical Society
Subjects
consumption
crude steel
economic and financial crisis
evolving trend
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Summary:Given that the modern world cannot be conceived without the existence of the steel and its use, the crude steel consumption may be considered as an indicator characterizing the economic development of a country. The purpose of this paper is to establish the evolution of the world, regional and state consumption of crude steel, both per total, as well as per inhabitant, but also the impact of the economic and financial crisis it had on the evolving evolution of using the crude steel. Data subject to the study are related to the period 2004 – 2014 and concern nine regions of development and ten countries.
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ISSN:0543-5846
1334-2576