Stainless Steel

The Steel Business Group's Special Steels and Alloys Team has 6 full-time consultants, dedicated solely to the research and analysis of all sectors of the stainless steel and alloys industries.

We have unrivalled expertise in the economics of stainless steel products and markets, our knowledge specifically covering the following areas:

* Producer capacities
* Melted production
* Slab
* Hot-rolled coil
* Cold-rolled coil
* Specific industry issues (such as China, the market for bright annealed stainless, etc)
* Consumption
* Trade
* Prices

The reputation and quality of the Special Steels and Alloys Team has made us the world's authority on stainless steel products and markets. Our approach to market analysis is soundly based upon economic fundamentals, while the unparalleled breadth, depth and inter-relationships of our databases provide solid platforms for our forecasting work. The Special Steels and Alloys Team has extensive experience in forecasting, and issues detailed studies covering short, medium and long-term outlooks.

The ability of our consultants to draw on expertise throughout all parts of the Steel Business Group underlines our core strength - our wholly integrated approach to steel industry research and analysis.