Report Summary
This brand new report provides an indepth, comprehensive guide to ferrous slag markets today and through to 2020. There have been important changes in the location and structure of the iron and steel industry which supplies slag. These changes will increase the demand for and value of slag, projected to grow to a value of $28 billion by 2020, from $18 billion in 2008. The Future of Ferrous Slag provides close analysis of market sizes, broken down by country, use and slag type, with quantitative forecasts to 2020. It analyses industry drivers and dynamics, and trends in trade of slag and aggregates. It discusses regulatory issues, and takes a close look at technology forecasts, industry structure and strategies of the leading players. This report is essential reading.
Find out about
- Technology and market forecasts to 2020
- Industry trends and drivers
- Cutting-edge technology
- Major stakeholders in the industry
Methodology
This report is based on an extensive review of recent technical literature, conference papers, journals, company literature and annual reports, and company websites. Interviews were also held with industry experts and representatives of leading companies in the industry. Data has also been obtained from the international trade associations and from international trade statistics. The Future of Ferrous Slag provides a unique depth of information and analysis.
What do you get?
- Detailed analysis of the shape of the industry with forecasts to 2020
- An in-depth understanding of the drivers and trends shaping the future of the industry
- Details of market sizes and five-year forecasts broken down by region and country, process route, use and slag type
- Breakdown of major players and trends in the trade of slag and aggregates
How will this market intelligence report benefit you?
- Get to grips with cutting-edge technology developments and the opportunities they afford
- Find out about industry strategies of leading players and how your business compares
- Analysis of regulatory issues will help make sure your business is fully compliant
- Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change
- Get the complete picture of the shape of the industry with forecasts to 2020 to help plan your business strategy with confidence
Who should buy this report?
- Equipment and machinery suppliers
- Slag processing companies
- Steel companies
- Consultants and analysts
What's included in the price?
- One hard copy of report couriered to you (see order form for postage costs) on publication date
- CD-Rom with searchable PDF
- Global intranet licence allowing everyone in your organization electronic access to the study
Contents
Glossary and Abbreviations
Executive Summary
Introduction and Methodology
- Objectives of this report
- Methodology
- Report scope
- Geographical regions
Types of slag
- Blast furnace slag (BFS)
- Other ironmaking processes
- Steel slags
- BF and BOF/EAF dusts
- 'Old bank'/Slag heap material
- Non-ferrous slags
- Coal combustion products
- Comparison of slag types
Industry Drivers and Dynamics
- Cement
- Road stone
- Aggregate for concrete
- Land reclamation, ground fill, ground improvement and other civil engineering uses
- Mineral wool
- Filter media
- Fertilisers
- Internal steelworks recycling
- Other
- Landfill
- Supply drivers and dynamics
- Iron and steel technology: the problem of CO2 emissions
- Iron and steel location and markets
- Demand drivers and trends in each sector
- Economic influences
- Prices
- Pricing
- Performance of slag cements
- Potential demand
- The economics of granulation
- Pricing
- Potential markets
- Cost and price trends
Regulatory isues on the marketing of slag: Codes , standards , technical regulations , and legislation on wastes
- The emissions trading system EU-ETS
- The Waste Framework Directive, revised 2008 (2008/98/EC of 19 Nov 2008)
- REACH regulation on chemical substances
- The Construction Products Directive (CPD 89/106/EC)
- The proposed Construction ProductsnRegulation (CPR)
- The (non-harmonised) concrete standard EN206 and various supplementary national concrete standards
- The harmonised standards for cement, GGBS and aggregates
- Eurocodes
- Building regulations
- Public procurement legislation
- Landfill taxes, aggregates taxes and quarrying taxes and licensing
- US
- Russia and the CIS
- China
- Japan
- Other regions
Technology Forecasts
- Iron and steel processes
- Processing of slag
- Physical handling
- Transformation
- Separation and chemical processing
- Quality control
- New applications and uses
Industry structure and strategies of leading players
- Harsco/Multiserv
- Tube City IMS
- Edward C Levy
- Stein Inc
- Phoenix Services LLC
- Australia/ New Zealand
- Brazil
- China
- US
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- India
- Japan and Korea
- Poland
- UK
Supply trends and forecasts to 2020: Iron and steel market scenarios and slag generation
- Slag production volumes by region
- Slag stocks
- Country breakdown
- Annex: The slag supply forecasting methodology
- World growth assumptions
- Iron and steel production
- Slag rates
Trade in slag and aggregates
- The main exporters and importers
- Trends in trade
Market Sizes and Forecasts to 2020
- Brazil
- China
- CIS
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- India
- Japan
- North America
- Summary of the demand for GGBS for cement
- Forecast markets by use and geographical region
Tables and figures
- Typical compositions of slag types
- Technical properties of steel slags and natural aggregates
- Prices of slag in US ($/tonne)
- Typical cement prices August 2009 ($/tonne)
- Comparison of GGBS production and cement production, selected countries, 2008
- Comparison of cement and aggregates prices, 2008, selected steel producing countries, $/tonne
- Summary of impacts of technology change
- Slag processors in US, 2007
- Slag processors in US, by site
- Active members of the US National Slag Association
- Members of Euroslag
- Members of the Nippon Slag Association
- Recent investments in slag processing in China reported in the press
- Members of the Australasian Slag Association
- Forecast production of blastfurnace slag 2008-20
- Forecast production of BOF slag 2008-20
- Forecast production of EAF slag 2008-20
- Forecast BF slag production by country 2008-20
- Forecast BOF slag production by country 2008-20
- Forecast EAF steel slag production by country 2008-20
- Assumed world GDP growth rates and investment ratios
- Forecast world steel production
- World iron and steel production by process route
- Reported data on specific slag generation
- Slag generation in some modern blastfurnaces
- Estimate of average slag rate for China
- Slag rates in CIS countries
- Assumed slag rates by region
- Trade in slag and aggregates, selected countries, 2008
- Uses of slag in US, 1995 and 2007 (million tonnes)
- Reported slag prices in US
- Uses of blastfurnace and steel slag in Europe, 2006
- Uses of blastfurnace and steel slag in Germany, 2006
- Uses of blastfurnace and steel slag in France, 2006 and 2007
- Production and uses of slag in Japan, 1995 and 2008
- Estimate of slag production in Russia, by use
- Distribution of blastfurnaces in China, by size
- GGBS production ratio for selected countries
- Assumed market breakdown by use, slag type and region, 2008
- Summary of slag production forecasts by region and type of slag, 2008-20, million tonnes
- Forecast use of slag for cement by region, 2008-20, million tonnes
- Forecast use of slag for aggregates, road material and other civil engineering applications, 2008-20, million tonnes
- Forecast use of slag for other industrial uses, 2008-20, million tonnes
- Forecast disposal of slag in landfill and slag piles, 2008-20, million tonnes
- Forecast global uses of slag, 2008-20, million tonnes
- Forecast global value of markets for ferrous slag, by end use, $ million
- US trends in ferrous slag prices (average of all types and uses)
- World cement production and trends, by country, 2002-08
- Harmonised EN standards and supporting standards for aggregate
- Forecast blastfurnace slag production by region
- Forecast steel slag (BOF and EAF) by region
- Sensitivity analysis: Blastfurnace slag production in low world growth scenario
- Sensitivity analysis: Forecast steel slag production in low world growth scenario
- Breakdown of blastfurnace slag production by country in Europe, 2008-20
- Breakdown of blastfurnace slag production by country in NAFTA, 2008-20
- Steel intensity trends per capita and per $GDP, 2000-20
- Blast furnace output in China and the rest of the world
- World steel production by process route: BOF/EAF
- Imports of granulated slag, US and China, 1998-2008
- Exports of granulated slag, Japan and China, 1998-2008
- Destinations of Japan's exports of granulated slag, 1998-2008
- Breakdown of blastfurnace slag usage in US, 1995 and 2007
- Breakdown of steel slag usage in US, 1995 and 2007
- US sales of slag cement 1997-2008
- US trend in sales and average price of ferrous slag
- Long-term trend in sales of ACS, GBS and steel slag in US, 1975-2003
- Change in uses of blastfurnace slag in Japan, 1995-2008
- Change in uses of steel slag in Japan, 1995-2008
If you have any queries, or would like to order the report contact Stephen Hill on +44 (0)1372 802025 or stephen.hill@pira-international.com