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There has been overcapacity in China's steel industry now and the distribution of production is not reasonable. During the seven years from 2001 to 2007, the country's annual production capacity of steel increased from 150 million tons to 489 million tons. According to the projects in operation and under construction in 2008, the total production capacity of steel in China would reach 665 million tons in 2010, 100 million-odd tons more than the apparent consumption now.
The steel consuming center in China is the districts along the country's coastline which have a population of 500 million, with the apparent consumption per capita of 500-600 kg, about the same level in developed countries. Therefore the increase of demand in those districts would slow down in the future. On the other hand, as it is urbanizing and the living standards and ways of people there improving, hinterland, whose consumption of steel is still low, has great demand potential for steel.
Data from various industries shows, that construction industry accounts for 51% of China's consumption of steel. Adding in construction in other sectors, such as petrochemical, coal, power, railway and others, the steel used for construction sector should be 60-70 per cent of the country's total consumption. The market share of steel for construction purpose is expected to reduce to 49% by 2010. But since the demand of auto- and ship-making for steel will continue to increase in China in the next few years, the actual consumption of steel by construction would still stay at about 60% of the total.
China's demand for steel would hit the peak level during 2010 to 2012, and the steel consumption of the country would likely stay at a high level for a long time instead of falling rapidly after hitting the peak level because China is making great effort to build infrastructure including railways and highways, in addition to the demand of manufacturing for steel.
Contents:
Chapter One: Overview of China's Steel Industry
1.1 Overall Output and Consumption of Steel in China
1.2 Development of Niche Markets of Steel Industry in China
1.2.1 Steel Wires and Rods
1.2.2 Plates
1.2.3 Steel Planks
1.2.4 Strip Steel
1.2.5 H-Steel
Chapter Two: Demand for Steel in China
2.1 Demand for Steel in China 1998-2008
2.2 Forecast for Total Consumption of Steel in China 2009-2010
2.3 Forecast for Structure of Steel Demand in China 2009-2010
Chapter Three: Demand Forecast for Steel by Major Steel-Consuming Industries in China
3.1 Construction
3.1.1 General
3.1.2 Demand for Steel
3.2 Mechanical Industry
3.2.1 Machine Tools
3.2.2 Heavy Mining Machinery
3.2.3 Engineering Machinery
3.2.4 Agricultural Machinery
3.2.5 Power Supply Equipment
3.2.6 Universal-purpose Petrochemical Equipment
3.3 Household Appliance Industry
3.3.1 General
3.3.2 Demand for Steel
3.4 Auto Industry
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Demand for Steel
3.5 Ship Making Industry
3.5.1 General
3.5.2 Demand for Steel
3.6 Petroleum Industry
3.6.1 General
3.6.2 Demand for Steel
3.7 Railway
3.7.1 General
3.7.2 Demand for Steel
3.8 Containers for Shipment
3.8.1 General
3.8.2 Demand for Steel
Chapter Four: Supply Capacity of China's Steel Industry 2007-2010
4.1 New Production Capacity of Cast Iron and Steel in China 2003-2008
4.1.1 Production Capacity of New Furnaces and Output of Cast Iron in China 2003-2008
4.1.2 New Production Capacity and Output of Steel in China in 2008
4.2 Production Capacity and Output of Cast Iron and Steel in China 2007-2010
4.2.1 Production Capacity of New Furnaces in China in 2008
4.2.2 Production Capacity of New Steel Projects in China in 2008
4.2.3 Production Capacity of Different Provinces of China in 2008
4.2.4 Production Capacity of Major Steel Companies in China in 2008
4.2.5 Production Capacity of Some New Furnaces in China 2005-2008
4.2.6 Production Capacity of Some New Steel Projects in China 2005-2008
4.3 China's Capacity of Supplying Raw Materials for Steel Industry
4.3.1 Iron Ore
4.3.2 Coke
4.3.3 Alloy
4.4 Forecast for Output of Steel in China 2009-2010
4.5 Increase of Production Capacity of Steel in Some Regions of China 2007-2010
4.5.1 China's Output of Steel by Province in 2008
4.5.2 Forecast for Increase of Production Capacity of Steel in Some Regions of China 2009-2010
