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International steel trade.
This book provides a basic guide to the iron and steel industry in a single convenient reference source. The origins of steel and its manufacture are explained first, with a basic outline of the principal steel grades. The author then goes on to look at production and consumption and its commercial...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Woodhead Pub.,
1995.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; The International Steel Trade; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. Background and origins of steel; What is steel; Importance of steel; A world without steel; Origins and development of steel; CHAPTER 2. Properties and applications of steel; Unalloyed steels; Stainless steels and heat-resisting steels; Alloy steels; CHAPTER 3. Steel products and manufacturing process; Ironmaking; Steelmaking; Pouring and teeming; Hot rolling; Other hot forming processes; Cold working; Surface coating; CHAPTER 4. Production of iron and steel; Crude steel production.
- Iron productionTrends in iron and steel manufacture; Continuous casting; CHAPTER 5. Steelmaking raw materials; Iron ore production; World trade in iron ore; Types of iron ore; Iron ore pricing; Scrap consumption; Scrap trade; Types of scrap; Scrap prices; CHAPTER 6. Steel consumption; Apparent consumption of finished steel; Apparent consumption of crude steel; Apparent consumption per capita; Consumption of steel products; CHAPTER 7. Patterns of trade in steel; Exports of steel; Imports of steel; Trade flows; Geographical distribution of trade; Main traded products; Economics of steel trade.
- CHAPTER 8. Steel pricingSelling mechanism; Pricing mechanism; World price trends; Prices in major consuming markets; Market price comparisons; CHAPTER 9. Commercial and economic significance of steel; Infrastructure; Industrial development; Economic development; Raw materials; Energy; The environment; Metals; Manufacturing costs; Evolution of crude steel production; Steel producers; CHAPTER 10. Future trends; Steel demand; Geographical distribution of consumption; Geographical distribution of production; Steel products; New products; Production processes; Location of steel plants.
- Environmental considerationsPrices; Substitution threats; Corporate changes; Index.