Global Metallics Balance - Newly Interactive, Web-Based System

The far reaching conclusions of WSD's traditional Global Metallics Balance system are now at your fingertips via the internet. The immense complexity of one of the most important subjects in the steel industry have been synthesized into a user-friendly interactive web-based application.

In the mid 1990s, the insights revealed by this rigorous model led us to predict the dawn of a new era in the steel industry - i.e., one of volatile pricing due to constrained supply of steel scrap, pig iron and steel scrap substitutes in part because of limited additions to the steel scrap resevoir and booming developing country steel demand. This is even more true in today's "Age of Metallics." The GMB system is the essential tool for gaining deeper insight into the future supply/demand relationship of steelmakers' metallics.

The Interactive GMB is updated monthly and supported by s historical database compromised of best-in-class sources covering detailed steel and raw material production, generation, trade and consumption. Subscribers have the ability to manipulate as many as 15 key factors/variables in the model across a 15-year forecast period, including: a) crude steel production and methodology by country or region; b) trade balances of finished and semi-finished steel products; c) trade balances of scrap, iron ore, coking coal, pig iron and DRI; and d) coke and PCI usage in steelmaking.

Having accessed the Global Metallics Balance online system, users have the ability to view WSD’s most recent forecast, customize and alter the forecast to their own specifications, or simply browse the vast historical database of production and trade data at the core of the system. Should the user wish to experiment with scenarios of his choosing, the system processes and stores the new results which may be viewed and quickly compared to the base WSD forecast. The GMB output is available at various levels of geographic granularity – from individual country to various regional/economic aggregations. The system offers a variety of graphical and analytical displays, and all GMB data is easily exportable to Microsoft Excel

To see the utility of our new system for yourself, please view this brief video demonstration:

The World Steel Dynamics staff is available to answer questions and help subscribers use the system for their particular needs. The Interactive Global Metallics Balance is priced at $15,000 annually.