Steel excess capacity

According to the latest OECD analysis, global steel overcapacity is projected to surge to 745 million metric tons (MMT) by 2028, up from 640 million metric tons in 2025.

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American Iron and Steel Institute. (2025). AISI Says China Report on 'So Called Excess Capacity' Fundamentally Flawed. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.steel.org/2026/07/aisi-says-china-report-on-so-called-excess-capacity-fundamentally-flawed/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2R7

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MLA

American Iron and Steel Institute. "AISI Says China Report on 'So Called Excess Capacity' Fundamentally Flawed." 2025, https://www.steel.org/2026/07/aisi-says-china-report-on-so-called-excess-capacity-fundamentally-flawed/. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2R7.

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Chicago

American Iron and Steel Institute. "AISI Says China Report on 'So Called Excess Capacity' Fundamentally Flawed." 2025. https://www.steel.org/2026/07/aisi-says-china-report-on-so-called-excess-capacity-fundamentally-flawed/. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2R7.

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@misc{aisi2025steelmkk2r7, author = {{American Iron and Steel Institute}}, title = {AISI Says China Report on 'So Called Excess Capacity' Fundamentally Flawed}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2R7}, note = {Original source: https://www.steel.org/2026/07/aisi-says-china-report-on-so-called-excess-capacity-fundamentally-flawed/. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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