Global steel production to shrink 7%, says forecaster
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Jan 29, 2009 12:00 AM
In more bad news for dry bulk shipping, global steel production is forecast to fall by just over 7% this year, according to HSBC.
In a report from Hong Kong, HSBC said it took the view that the world was in the worst synchronised global economic downturn since the 1930s, and global steel production cuts seen so far are on a par with those...
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