Market Structue Analysis of the Steel Industry

I. Introduction ......................................................................................1
1.1 What is Market Structure Analysis? ...........................................1
1.2 What is Steel? .............................................................................1
1.3 History of Steel ...........................................................................2
1.4 Early Market Structure of the Steel Industry ..............................2
1.5 Current Market Structure of the Steel Industry ...........................4 II. What caused the change? ..................................................................5
2.1 Demand and Supply ....................................................................5
2.2 China Effect ................................................................................5
2.3 Oligopoly ....................................................................................6
III. Company Profiles ............................................................................6
3.1 Arcelor Mittal .............................................................................6
3.2 Nippon Steel Corporation ...........................................................7
3.3 Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation .......................................7
3.4 U.S Steel .....................................................................................7
3.5 Tata Steel ....................................................................................8
IV. Conclusion ......................................................................................8
4.1 What is the future? ......................................................................8
4.2 Alternatives ................................................................................9
Bibliography ........................................................................................10
Appendix 1 – Top Steel Producers

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