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Fastmarkets’ March 2025 forecast lowers global crude steel production to 1.846 billion tonnes, reflecting trade policy impacts and economic uncertainties despite late 2024 production gains in key markets like China and the US.

Almost 40% of railway exports are cargoes of iron and steel companies

The need to import flat products is directly related to the destruction of two plants in Mariupol, which were occupied

The output of products at iron and steel enterprises suffered the most

Last year, the volume of construction of engineering structures decreased the most – by 67.1% y/y

Ferrexpo facilities are flexible for producing BF-pellets or DR-pellets

The dynamics were affected by logistical problems and restrictions on the electricity supply

The hostilities led to the shutdown of the largest coking plant located in the city of Avdiivka, next to the front line

Last year, due to the blockade of ports, the railway became the main mode of transport for export cargo