Costs

WSD has just completed its 13th annual “World Cost Curve for Steel Sheet Producers”.  We estimate steelmakers’ cold-rolled coil costs from the mid-1990s to 2002 dropped about $87 per tonne, or 20% (with 1997 being the high point for costs).  Since 2003, average costs have risen in some cases about $162 per tonne, or 45%.   From 2002 to 2003, costs rose about 3%; in 2004, they were up over 10%; in 2005, they increased 16%; and in 2006, they rose 10%.

Please note that the 2006 World Cost Curve for Steel Sheet Producers, a WSD “Limited Edition Study,” is available for $7,500 to WSD subscribers and $12,500 for others.

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