2012
KeyStatiSticS
UK steel production
Annual crude steel production and numbers employed 1991 - 2011 3
UK steelmaking materials & production 2011 3
Raw material costs: iron ore & hard coking coal 2004 - 2012 4
Scrap: mill receipts, net exports & price - from 2006 4
EU industrial electricity prices for extra large users July 2002 - Dec 2011 5
UK, EU and US forward wholesale gas prices 2005 - 2011 (by quarter) 5
Energy per tonne of steel produced 1973 - 2011 5
UK steel deliveries
UK steel mill home and export deliveries 1991 - 2011 6
UK steel mill deliveries to UK consumers andstockholders 2006 - 2012 by quarter 6
Analysis of UK demand in 2010 by broad sector 7
UK steel requirement 2001 - 2011 7
UK steel trade
UK steel mill exports 2011 8
UK trade balance: steel mill products 1991 - 2011 8
UK steel industry contribution to balance of trade 2001 - 2011 9
Exchange rate/steel exports 2002 - 2012 9
UK steel market
UK steel demand 1971 - 2011 10
UK imports of steel mill products by country of origin 2011 10
Index of UK steel price compared to RPI 1987 - 2011 11
Home deliveries 2008 - 2011 12
Export deliveries 2008 - 2011 12
Imports (net of conversion) 2008 - 2011 13
Total supply to home market 2008 - 2011 13
Total imports to total home market 2008 - 2011 13
Steel in the World
World crude steel production 1995 - 2011 14
Top ten steel trading countries 2010 - 2011 (exports and imports) 14
Global steel consumption by region 2001 & 2011 15
Crude steel production 2011 15
NoteAll data provided by the International Steel Statistics Bureau (ISSB) unless stated otherwise.www.issb.co.uk
Contents
INTEGRATED STEELWORKS Tata Steel, Port Talbot & Scunthorpe
*of which 1.3mtarising within
steelworks
2.7mt
UK steelmaking 2011
Materials & production
EAF STEELWORKS
RW CarrsCelsa SteelTata Steel RotherhamOutokumpu StainlessSheffield Forgemasters SteelThamesteel
1.2mt
Iron From Blast Furnaces
6.6mt
Coke Productionand Imports
3.8mt
Recycled Used Steel Scrap
3.9mt*
ImportedCoking Coal
5.5mt
Imported IronOre
6.1mt
CrudeSteel
9.5mt
Basic OxygenSteel Furnace
6.9mt
Electric ArcSteel Furnaces
2.5mt
UK steel production
12.5
16.5
12.1
16.1
10.5
13.5
11.4
14.413.9
11.2
10.5
13.2
10.7
13.8
10.6
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
10
20
30
40
50
60
4
2
20
13.1
9.0
11.5
10.3
13.4
11.6
15.0
12.6
16.2
13.4
17.1
14.0
18.3
13.8
17.8
13.1
17.4
12.9
17.1
12.3
16.5
8.0
10.1
7.3
9.7
Mill
ion
tonn
es
Employees as engaged on ECSC steel industry activities.Variations in aggregated totals due to rounding.
Annual crude steel production and numbers employed 1991 - 2011 Million tonnes & numbers employed (000s)
45.1
18.5
Num
bers employed (000s)
Basic Oxygen SteelmakingElectric Furnace Steelmaking
Numbers employed
3.9
4.0
3.0
3.0
2.7
2.7
3.1
2.5
2.6
3.1
3.5
3.5
3.7
4.3
4.1
4.4
4.2
4.1
2.1
2.4
2.5
6.9
9.5
19911992
19931994
19951996
19971998
19992000
20012002
20032004
20052006
20072008
20092010
2011
UK Steel Key Statistics 2012 2/3
UK steel production
19731975
19801985
19901995
20002010
2005
35
30
25
20
Energy per tonne of steel produced 1973 - 2011
Gj per tonne
31.7
18.8
20062007
20082009
20102011
2012
Scrap: mill receipts, net exports & price
Million tonnes per year2006 - 2011
100
150
200
250
300
50
350
400
0
£ per tonne delivered2006 - 2012
Price OA (plate & structural)
Source: Platts SBB
137.5
257.5
Raw material costs - iron ore & hard coking coal
US$Cent/dmtu* average 2004 - Q1 2012 US$/tonne(*US cent per % of Fe content per tonne) 2007 - April 2012
20042006
20072008
20092010
2011
300
140
100
60
40
20
160
120
80
180
200
220
240
260
280
400
350
250
150
100
50
300
200
20082009
20102011
Hard Coking CoalFOB East
Australian Port
Iron OreFOB Vale
Source: Platts SBB
36.5
230.4
173
215
Source: Platts SBB
Spain
UK
GermanyFranceFinland
UK, EU and US forward wholesale gas prices2005 - 2011 by quarter
Pence/therm
UK NBPContinental Europe(oil-indexed)USA Henry Hub
90
70
60
50
40
30
20
80
Source: EIUG/Energy Purchasing Specialists Ltd
20052006
20072008
20092010
57.85
79.44
20.98
50.11
35.3635.31
Source: DECC Quarterly Energy Prices, December 2011 (Eurostat data)
2002
EU industrial electricity prices for extra large usersJuly 2002 - Dec 2011
Pence/kWh including taxes
20032004
20052006
20072008
20092010
7
5
4
3
2
1
0
6
8
9
2.59
2.862.82
2.292.04
7.10
8.67
6.24
5.385.08
20052012
20072012
20062007
20082009
20102011
8
4
3
2
1
5
6
7
0
UK mill scrap receipts (excluding own arisings)UK net exports
2.1
5.8
3.4
6.4
2.5
7.2
3.1
7.3
3.4
5.8
2.5
7.4
Mill receipts & net exports
0
18
20112011
100
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UK steel deliveries
Total UK steel mill deliveriesHome deliveriesExports
5
10
15
20
25
20091991
19921993
19941995
19961997
19981999
20002001
20022003
20042007
20052006
2008
14.1
UK steel mill home and export deliveries 1991 - 2011
Million tonnes
7.36.8
9.3
4.74.6
20112010
To consumersTo stockholders
2.3mt3.3mt3.4mt
3.1mt3.3mt
2.9mt3.2mt
2.2mt2.0mt 2.5mt
UK steel mill deliveries to UK consumersand stockholders 2006 - Q1 2012 by quarter
Thousand tonnes
20112006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1100
1200
300
2.3mt2.4mt
926
860
1018
627597
371
857
633(Qtr1)
699
Analysis of UK demand in 2010 by broad sector
%
10 300
Construction 28.7
Metal goods 11.8
Transport 15.2
Electrical engineering 4.3
Mechanicalengineering & plant 22.4
Sector
Sector Million tonnes
Mechanical engineering & plant 2.218
Electrical engineering 0.424
Transport 1.499
Metal goods 1.169
Construction 2.839
Other industries 1.744
Total 9.893
17.6Other industries
20
Steel contained in imported goodsSteel mill products importedSteel mill products from UK mills
2011
20.3
9.9
5.6
4.8
UK steel requirement 2001 - 2011
Million tonnes
22.6
6.7
24.3
11.3
15.7
19.6
9.7
5.1
4.8
7.8
3.7
4.2
6.8
6.2
8.9
7.0
23.1
6.5
9.8
6.8
23.4
6.2
10.3
6.9
25.0
7.1
10.6
7.3
23.8
6.3
11.3
6.2
25.5
6.8
11.6
7.1
26.9
6.5
12.6
7.8
15
10
25
20
5
0
Please note for this bar chart any variations in aggregated totals are due to rounding.
2007200620052004200320022001 2008 2009 2010
835
656
30
514
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UK steel trade
Total Exports 4.6mt
EU(27) 3.4mt
down 2% on 2010
Rest of the world 1.2mt
down 6% on 2010
Fran
ce
688
Bel
guim
303
Swed
en
150
Ital
y
178
Ger
man
y
Cze
ch R
ep
36
861
Spai
n
250
Net
herla
nds
431
Oth
er E
U(2
7)
436
NA
FTA
338
Oce
ania
Mid
dle
East
Asi
a
Oth
er E
ur/C
IS
S A
mer
ica
Afr
ica
298 277
188
57 546
UK steel mill exports 2011 Thousand tonnes
200
400
600
1,000
800
0
Aus
tria
15
Net £m exporterNet £m importer
UK trade balance: steel mill products 1991 - 2011 £million
20091991
19921993
19941995
19961997
19981999
20002001
20022003
20042007
20052006
20082011
2010
750
600
450
300
150
0
-150
-300
-450
-600
-750 -650
391
689
474
710
282
678
14
520
334
-281-327
-139
-307
186
-192
377
-363
-168
532
ImportExportBalance
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
5,500
4,500
5,000
UK steel industry contribution to balance of trade2001 - 2011(UK steel exports by value minus cost of imported raw materials and semis)
£million
3,33
04,
947
+1,6
17
20112005
2,04
74,
273
+2,2
26
20021,
182
2,42
0+1
,238
2003
1,45
32,
763
+1,3
10
2004
1,89
13,
541
+1,6
50
2006
2,07
34,
220
+2,1
47
2009
1,74
53,
804
+2,0
59
2007
2,53
25,
018
+2,4
86
2008
3,01
35,
749
+2,7
36
2010
2,81
04,
132
+1,3
21
Jan 2002
Jan 2003
Jan 2004
Jan 2005
Jan 2006
Jan 2007
Jan 2008
Jan 2009
Jan 2010
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
1.00
1.20
1.40
1.60
1.80
2.00
2.20
2.40ExportsEuro to £
Jan 2011
Jan 2012
Exchange rate/steel exports 2002 - 2012 Monthly exports thousand tonnes & Euro to £
Expo
rts
thou
sand
ton
nes
Euro to £
1.19
1.56
404 299
1,02
92,
407
+1,3
782001
UK Steel Key Statistics 2012 8/9
1.4
14.716.1
UK steel market
15
10
25
20
5
0
UK demand for steel mill products 1971-2011 Million tonnes per year
10.4
4.75.6
19711973
19831981
19791977
19751985
19871997
19951993
19911989
19992001
20092007
20052003
*Excludes any imports made by steel producers
UK demandSupplied from UK millsImports*
2011
12
Mid
dle
East
Total Imports 5.6mt
EU(27) 3.9mt
4% up on 2010
Rest of the world 1.7mt
25% up on 2010
Ger
man
y
Bel
gium
Fran
ce
Net
herla
nds
Oth
er E
U27
Ital
y
Swed
en
Cze
ch R
ep
Aus
tria
Asi
a
Non
-EU
Eur
ope
NA
FTA
Afr
ica
Oce
ania
126376
354
764
CIS
377
35
106
164
368
429446
524558
706
Spai
n
582
UK imports of steel mill products by country of origin 2011(Imports exclude material for steel industry conversion)
Thousand tonnes
Cent
& S
th A
mer
ica
29
1,000
600
400
0
800
200
Index of UK steel price compared to RPI 1987 - 2011 Index (1987 = 100)
235.2
191.7
Average UK Steel Price Index
Retail Price Index
140
120
180
160
100
200
220
240
20082006
20002007
20052004
20031987
20022001
19991998
20111997
19961995
19941993
19921991
19901989
19882009
2010
Year Retail Price Index Ave UK Steel Price Index
87 100.0 100.0
88 106.9 105.0
89 115.2 110.1
90 126.1 116.3
91 133.5 118.4
92 138.5 116.3
93 140.7 117.5
94 144.1 118.4
95 149.1 125.2
96 152.7 121.1
97 157.5 113.9
98 162.9 111.2
99 165.4 98.1
00 170.3 97.9
01 173.3 92.0
02 176.2 87.2
03 181.3 92.7
04 186.7 111.0
05 192.0 129.1
06 198.1 127.6
07 206.6 140.1
08 214.8 169.9
09 213.7 155.1
10 223.6 172.6
11 235.2 191.7
UK Steel Key Statistics 2012 10/11
UK steel market
2008 2009 2010 2011
Ingots and semis 94 57 43 78
Rods, bars & flats 1,339 1,011 1,110 1,062
Heavy sections (inc. piling) 826 424 490 497
Light sections 89 62 68 57
Railway materials 235 150 119 151
Hot rolled wide coil (non alloy) 625 372 531 481
Plates & wide flats 543 364 375 403
Sheets - coated & uncoated (inc. hot rolled strip) 1,250 881 1,086 1,019
Tin mill products 362 363 303 256
Stainless and other alloy plate, sheet and strip 133 69 80 98
Bright bar 114 63 80 85
Tubes 500 340 465 523
Cold rolled narrow strip 49 29 35 35
Total 6,156 4,185 4,785 4,746
Home deliveries Thousand tonnes
2008 2009 2010 2011
Ingots and semis 3,149 2,019 964 773
Rods, bars & flats 1,643 1,141 1,275 1,221
Heavy sections (inc. piling) 236 220 266 171
Light sections 188 80 143 159
Railway materials 22 19 22 17
Hot rolled wide coil (non alloy) 166 278 441 324
Plates & wide flats 479 335 390 490
Sheets - coated & uncoated (inc. hot rolled strip) 637 599 598 738
Tin mill products 229 150 169 148
Stainless and other alloy plate, sheet and strip 174 95 126 136
Bright bar 112 38 74 102
Tubes 463 310 237 280
Cold rolled narrow strip 23 10 10 7
Total 7,521 5,294 4,715 4,567
Export deliveries Thousand tonnes
2008 2009 2010 2011
Ingots and semis 229 77 165 280
Rods, bars & flats 961 458 608 693
Heavy sections (inc. piling) 828 314 503 556
Light sections 76 36 77 44
Railway materials 19 7 7 3
Hot rolled wide coil (non alloy) 577 308 471 496
Plates & wide flats 326 146 213 242
Sheets - coated & uncoated (inc. hot rolled strip) 2,123 1,305 1,811 1,832
Tin mill products 174 128 100 117
Stainless and other alloy plate, sheet and strip 363 235 281 294
Bright bar 112 60 109 150
Tubes 970 584 713 844
Cold rolled narrow strip 65 43 51 52
Total 6,822 3,698 5,109 5,605
Imports (net of conversion) Thousand tonnes
2008 2009 2010 2011
Ingots and semis 323 134 208 359
Rods, bars & flats 2,299 1,469 1,718 1,756
Heavy sections (inc. piling) 1,654 737 993 1,053
Light sections 165 98 145 101
Railway materials 254 157 126 155
Hot rolled wide coil (non alloy) 1,202 680 1,002 977
Plates & wide flats 869 510 588 646
Sheets - coated & uncoated (inc. hot rolled strip) 3,373 2,186 2,897 2,851
Tin mill products 536 491 402 373
Stainless and other alloy plate, sheet and strip 496 304 361 392
Bright bar 225 123 189 235
Tubes 1,470 923 1,178 1,367
Cold rolled narrow strip 114 72 86 87
Total 12,979 7,882 9,893 10,351
Total supply to home market
Thousand tonnes
2008 2009 2010 2011
52.6 46.9 51.6 54.1Please note for all these tables any variations in aggregated totals are due to rounding.
Total imports to total home market
%
UK Steel Key Statistics 2012 12/13
EU PRODUCERS Total Basic Oxygen Electric Arc Open Hearth
Germany 44.3 30.1 14.2
Italy (est) 28.7 9.7 19.0
France 15.8 9.7 6.1
Spain 15.5 3.8 11.7
UK 9.5 6.9 2.5
Poland 8.8 4.4 4.4
Belgium 8.0 5.3 2.8
Other EU 46.7 30.5 15.3 0.9
Total EU27 177.2 100.4 76.0 0.9
WORLD PRODUCERS
China (est) 683.9 613.0 70.9
Total EU27 177.2 100.4 76.0 0.9
Japan 107.6 82.7 24.9
USA 86.4 34.3 52.1
India (est) 71.3 27.2 43.1 1.0
Russia (est) 68.9 43.7 18.5 6.7
S Korea 68.5 42.1 26.4
Ukraine (est) 35.3 24.5 1.6 9.3
Brazil 35.2 26.4 8.3 0.5
Turkey 34.1 8.8 25.3
Taiwan 22.9 13.0 9.9
Mexico 18.1 5.1 13.0
Canada 13.0 7.6 5.4
Iran (est) 12.6 2.3 10.3
South Africa 7.5 4.0 3.6
Total World 1,516.8 1,055.4 443.4 18.0
Source: worldsteel
Crude steel production 2011 Million tonnes
Region/Country 2001 2011 % Change 2011 on 2001
EU27 163.6 152.8 -7
Non-EU Europe 13.8 33.0 139
CIS 36.0 54.0 50
NAFTA 134.3 121.2 -10
Central & South America 29.1 46.0 58
Africa 16.7 22.7 36
Middle East 23.1 48.1 108
Asia Exc China 194.5 264.7 36
China 158.0 623.9 295
Oceania 6.3 7.0 11
Total World 775.4 1373.3 77
Global steel consumption by region 2001 - 2011Based on apparent consumption of finished steel
Million tonnes
Source: worldsteel
World top ten steel exporters & importers
Million tonnes
EXPORT % change
Position 2011 2010 2011 2011 on 2010
1 China 38.8 44.4 152 Japan 42.4 40.3 -53 EU27 External 32.7 36.1 104 S Korea 23.9 28.0 175 Ukraine 25.0 25.8 36 Russia 27.2 24.6 -107 Turkey 15.9 16.7 58 USA 11.2 12.5 129 Brazil 8.9 10.7 2110 Taiwan 9.8 10.3 5
Other 39.8 42.7 7Total 275.4 292.1 6
IMPORT % change
Position 2011 2010 2011 2011 on 2010
1 EU27 External 26.6 34.0 282 USA 21.1 25.3 203 S Korea 24.3 22.3 -84 China 16.8 15.9 -55 Thailand 12.1 12.3 26 Turkey 10.6 10.2 -47 Canada 8.4 8.8 48 Iran* 9.5 8.3 -129 Indonesia 7.3 8.3 1410 India** 9.3 7.9 -15
Other 129.4 138.8 7Total 275.4 292.1 6
Excludes internal trade within the EU27. *World exports to Iran. **India: 2011 based upon 7 months data annualised.
Steel in the World
World crude steel production 1995 - 2011 Million tonnes
Rest of worldChinaBasic Oxygen SteelmakingElectric ArcOther processes
443
1055
18
245
433
74
20091995
19961997
19981999
20002001
20022003
20042005
20062007
2008
Source: worldsteel
20102011
1,300
1,200
1,100
1,000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
1,400
1,600
1,500
0
1,23
6
1,14
7
1,06
1
970
904
851
848
788
777
799
750
752
1,24
9 1,34
7
1,34
1 1,42
9 1,51
7
(est) - estimated
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