World Steel Dynamics publishes in-depth reports focused on market analysis, supply and demand trends, price forecasts, economic activity levels, and strategic industry developments.
1. Inside Track
Published 10 – 12 times per year, WSD’s Inside Track reports include global steel market outlook, market dynamics, price forecasting with horizons ranging from 3 months to 10 years.
WSD offers a uniquely integrated perspective incorporating global macro-economic and geo-political events with industry-specific dynamics such as pricing, inventory management, supply/demand, production cost/price (i.e. profit) fluctuations and other key drivers of the market outlook.
At the core of WSD’s annual subscription service is our extensive proprietary database. It spans steel pricing series across products and countries, demand trends and activity levels in steel-consuming industries, capacity changes for steelmaking, blast furnace, cokemaking, scrap substitute and finishing operations, effective versus nameplate capacity, and detailed production costs by process — from cokemaking through hot-rolled band, cold-rolled coil and wire rod. The database also includes steel company financials: historical profitability, balance sheet data and profit forecasts.
But data alone isn’t enough. WSD combines this foundation with unprecedented access to key players across the global steel industry, giving us real-time crosschecks on critical market developments. Our proprietary analytical methods then bring it all together, identifying the forces that drive shifts in mill pricing power relative to competitors, customers and suppliers.
This combination of depth, access and insight is what positions WSD as the steel industry’s leading information service.
2. Over the Cycle Annual Report
Published every December, WSD’s “Over-the-Cycle” Annual price forecast Report is included in your subscription. This report aims to bring together WSD’s macro industry views to forecast prices for key steel products and raw materials on a rolling 10-year time horizon. WSD’s unique probability-weighted approach offers perspective for prices under various industry conditions, yielding an overall “Average” figure over the time frame.
The annual report includes but is not limited to:
- 10 year forecast
- Review of past year with updated projections
- Updated WSD views on “breakthrough” industry trends
- Macro-Economic Outlook
- Update on impact of global supply/demand
- Updates on regional supply/demand and prices
3. Data Matrix
a. Historical Data Matrix
Provides historical production, imports, exports and apparent consumption data by product from 1985 to 2023 for over 40 countries. Updated annually.
b. Forecast Data Matrix
Provides historical production, imports, exports and apparent consumption data and forecast data to 2040 for over 40 countries. Forecast updated annually.
