Global metallurgical coke production currently reaches 500MT per year, 90% of which is used in the steel industry. A significant proportion of this global trade has until recently comprised European and US, as well as Indian and Brazilian, imports of China's raw material exports. But a sharp reduction in China's export output, as it conserves supplies for its domestic steel industry, has altered the global balance and will have a significant impact worldwide. The Future of Metallurgical Coke to 2015 analyses the consequent likely upturn in global demand and provides statistical data for the size of the met coke market by country, region and end-use sector, as well as providing details of the most significant market and technology drivers along the met coke supply chain.
Methodology
The Future of Metallurgical Coke to 2015 is based on extensive primary and secondary research gathered from multiple sources. Primary research was supplemented by the report author's 40+ years of experience in the technical and economic aspects of iron making raw materials, and encompasses visits to most western coke and iron facilities, and beyond. Additional data sources include published literature and statistics, in-house market and technology reports, conference presentations, company information, and material from industry associations.
What do you get?
- Quantitative and comprehensive market data and forecasts for the global coke, iron and steel industries
- Qualitative insight on the current situation and future market trends
- Clear illustration of strategic transitions taking place that will influence future supply and demand
- Analyses of end-use markets, technology trends and regional
How will this market report benefit you?
- Keep pace with your competition with the latest industry figures and
- Key into the latest technology and market development opportunities
- Forecasting to 2015 to back up your strategic planning
- Help in meeting both today's challenges as well as planning for the ongoing uptick in coke demand
- Establish strategies raw materials and products suppliers can use to reduce the impact of global economic and technical changes
Who should buy this report?
- Raw materials suppliers
- Steel company purchasers and business planners
- Coke plant equipment suppliers
- Coke plant by-product processors
- Equipment suppliers
- Those working in non-steel coke applications
- Business planners, financial analysts and consultants
What's included in the price?
- One hard copy of the report couriered (see order form for postage costs) to you on publication date
- CD-Rom with searchable PDF
- Global intranet licence allowing everyone in your organisation electronic access to the study
Executive summary
Introduction and methodology
- Introduction
- Methodology
- List of definitions
The met coke industry
- The role of coke in carbon steel production
- Use of coke breeze in agglomeration (sinter and pellet) processes
- Coke production methods
- By-product cokemaking
- Non-recovery/heat recovery coke production
- The met coke market
- Met coke production costs and the coking coal market
- Met coke production, consumption in blast furnaces, trade and coke balances
- Met coke imports and exports by country
Cutting-edge technology developments in iron- and cokemaking
- EAF vs BF/BOF steelmaking
- Feeding EAFs with alternative iron units
- Technical developments within
- coke-based blast furnace ironmaking
- Novel 'low CO2 blast furnace' process developments
- Coke production technical developments
- Conventional by-product slot oven cokemaking developments
- Heat recovery (beehive type) cokemaking
- Formed coke processes - SCOPE 21 (Japan)
- Other novel cokemaking processes
- Alternative feed materials for cokemaking
- Environmental issues; CO2 legislation
- Oxygen steelmaking with hot metal production from smelting reduction or other alternative hot metal processes
Ironmaking technology summary and conclusions
Met coke market by end use
- Met coke use in the global steel industry
Global steel production- Role of the blast furnace
- North American iron and steel production
- Global pig iron production
- Global met coke consumption
- Global met coke consumption forecasts through 2015
- Met coke market in the foundry sector
- Foundry industry
- Coke use in foundries
- Niche applications for coke use
- Overview of niche applications
- Ferroalloy production, cement and lime plants
- Phosphorus, soda ash and stone wool production
- EAF dust processing and zinc recovery
- Coke requirements for different applications
- Overall non-steel use of coke
Met coke market by region
- Asia
- China
- India
- Japan
- Taiwan
- South Korea
- Other Asia and Oceania
- CIS Region
- Europe
- Overview of European coke production and consumption
- Coke production and consumption in Europe
- Ironmaking and reductant consumption in Europe
- ArcelorMittal Europe coke and iron production
- Poland
- Germany
- France
- Belgium
- The Netherlands
- UK
- Italy
- Spain
- Austria, Sweden and Finland
- Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia Turkey
- Middle East, North Africa and Africa
- South America
- Brazil
- Columbia
- Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela
- North America
- US and Canada
- ArcelorMittal
- US Steel
- Severstal North America
- AK Steel
- Republic Engineered Products
- Summary
- Mexico