Steel demand shortfall

The 2025 market size remains roughly 60 Mt (15%) lower than the levels seen in 2017–2018, indicating that a full return to pre-crisis volumes is still a long-term endeavour.

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World Steel Association. (2025). worldsteel Short Range Outlook April 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://worldsteel.org/media/press-releases/2026/worldsteel-short-range-outlook-april-2026/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2SB

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World Steel Association. "worldsteel Short Range Outlook April 2026." 2025, https://worldsteel.org/media/press-releases/2026/worldsteel-short-range-outlook-april-2026/. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2SB.

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Chicago

World Steel Association. "worldsteel Short Range Outlook April 2026." 2025. https://worldsteel.org/media/press-releases/2026/worldsteel-short-range-outlook-april-2026/. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2SB.

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@misc{worldsteel2025steelmkk2sb, author = {{World Steel Association}}, title = {worldsteel Short Range Outlook April 2026}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBYFBKGCXKWV0MKK2SB}, note = {Original source: https://worldsteel.org/media/press-releases/2026/worldsteel-short-range-outlook-april-2026/. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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