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31 Mount Pleasant, London WC1X 0AD UKTel +44 20 7903 2000 Fax +44 20 7837 0976
www.cruanalysis.com
LONDON | BEIJING | PHILADELPHIA | WASHINGTON
Global steel market outlookPrepared for:
CUSteel ConferenceShanghai, September 23rdth, 2005
Prepared by:
John JohnsonChief Representative, CRU Beijing
1821 Tower 2, Bright China Chang An Building, 7 Jianguomennei Avenue, Beijing 100005, China
Tel: 0086 10 65102206, email [email protected]
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Presentation plan
Recent global steel price trends
– CRUspi
– Regional Prices
– Flats versus Longs
Discussion of latest market developments
– Focusing firstly on the global slowdown in the rate of growth in consumption, reduced production levels and the current global rebound in prices
Discussion of CRU’s outlook
– Outlining the reasons why prices should trend downwards again from 2006
Points to watch
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In the last few month CRUspi has recovered some of losses after losing 60% of the gains made in 2004-2005. Is this the start of a global recovery in steel prices?
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Global CRU steel price index (CRUspi), April 1994 = 100
Data: www.cruspi.com
2003 2004 2005
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Regional prices do broadly move in similar directions, with a few exceptions, due to trade acting as a great leveller between markets
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CRU regional steel price index (CRUspi) for main steel products, April 1994 = 100
Data: www.cruspi.com
2003 2004 2005
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But flat products and long products can diverge, as they did in 2004, though even these markets seem to converge eventually
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CRU steel price index (CRUspi) for sheet products, April 1994 = 100
Data: www.cruspi.com
2003 2004 2005
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During the first and second quarters of 2005, year-on-year growth in world sheet consumption fell below 3% - the last time growth was this slow was three years ago…
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Year-on-year changes in world apparent sheet consumption, %
Data: CRU Analysis. Note: e estimate.
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The slowdown in the rate of growth in consumption has been most keenly felt in North America, followed by Europe (in Asia it has actually risen)…
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Year-on-year changes in apparent sheet consumption by country/region, %
Data: CRU Analysis.
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Mills have responded to the slowdown in their orders by reducing operating rates, bringing forward planned maintenance and/or idling production facilities…
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Year-on-year changes in sheet production by country/region, %
Data: CRU Analysis.
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However, the final quarter of this year is likely to see an acceleration in the rate of growth in demand, primarily owing to renewed buying from stockists and service centres…
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Year-on-year changes in world apparent sheet consumption, %
Data: CRU Analysis. Note: e estimate, f forecast.
2004 2005 2006
Growth is expected to accelerate from Q4 2005, as buyers return to the market
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5.5Inventories Months shipments-on-hand
North American sheet inventories have been drawn down sharply in recent months, and have now bottomed-out…Service centre inventories of carbon flat-rolled products*, m s.tons
Data: MSCI, CRU Analysis Note: * held at US & Canadian service centres.
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Apparent sheet consumption
Demand has rebounded on a quarter-on-quarter basis for the first time in over a year (by over 1m s.tons from Q2)…North American apparent sheet consumption, qtr-on-qtr changes, m s.tons
Data: CRU Analysis.
2003 2004 2005
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With inventories and imports at low levels, andnumerous blast furnaces still off-line…Us imports of steel sheet (3-mth-avg), m s.tons
Data: AISI, CRU Analysis.
2003 2004 2005
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The demand/supply balance has tightened significantly,and a price spike has occurred US Midwest sheet prices, fob mill, US$/s.ton
Data: CRU Analysis.
2003 2004 2005
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As as result, the price premium that the US marketattracts over others is likely to rise in the near term…Difference between average sheet price in the USA and elsewhere, US$/tonne
Data: CRU Analysis.
2004 2005
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High prices will also encourage local mills to bringblast furnaces back on-line and to increase output…North American steel sheet production (seasonally adjusted), m s.tons
Data: CRU Analysis.
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As such, we forecast a fairly sharp downward pricecorrection to commence at the end of the year US Midwest sheet prices, fob mill, US$/s.ton
Data: CRU Analysis.
2005 2006 2007
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There has been little change to the modestperformance of the West European economy… Year-on-year changes in industrial production
Data: CRU Analysis, OEF.
2003 2004 2005
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An overhang of sheet inventories accumulatedin the first half of 2005…German stockholder inventories of sheet, ‘000 tonnes
Data: BDS, CRU Analysis.
2003 2004 2005
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After a moderate rebound in late 2005, European sheet prices are expected to trend downwards German domestic sheet prices, parity point, €/tonne
Data: CRU Analysis.
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In 2006 and 2007, the rate of growth in world industrial production is expected to slow slightly…
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Year-on-year changes in world industrial production, %
Data: CRU Analysis. Note: e estimate, f forecast.
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Meanwhile, cost pressures - which were a major factor behind the surge in prices last year - are expected to progressively ease…
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Key raw materials prices, indexed, 2001 = 100
Data: CRU’s Steelmaking Raw Materials Team. Note: f forecast.
The easing of raw materials markets is reflected in our forecasts of lower prices
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And with global sheet making capacity set to increase significantly during the coming years…
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Expansions to effective world sheet making capacity, m tpy
Data: CRU Analysis. Note: f forecast.
Total: 36.7m tpy
Total: 48.5m tpy
Total: 36.1m tpy
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But Chinese capacity is set to increase significantly during the coming years…
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Data: CRU Analysis. Note: f forecast.
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Chinese net trade has been transformedChina, net imports of steel products
Data: Trade Data
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And this is likely to mean that output growth will continue to outstrip demand
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Chinese apparent sheet consumption and production, year-on-year changes
Data: CRU’s Steel Sheet Quarterly Service. Note: f forecast.
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We believe that the ability to satisfy demand will increase faster than demand itself, and that sheet prices will - from the first quarter of 2006 - come under downward pressure…
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HR coil base prices, US$/tonne
Data: CRU Analysis.
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Which is likely to bottom out in 2007, when the expected low point in the demand cycle coincides with significant capacity expansions and reduced cost-push pressures
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Data: CRU Analysis. Note: f forecast.
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Points to watch
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We provide a CRUcial presence around the globe…
London, Beijing, Singapore, Washington, Seattle, Philadelphia, Raleigh, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro
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Please address questions or comments relating to this presentation to:
John Johnson, Chief Representative
CRU International Ltd Beijing Representative Office1821, Tower 2, Bright China Chang An Building7, Jianguomennei Avenue, Beijing 100005, China
Tel.: 10 65102206Fax.: 10 65102207Email: [email protected]