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China may have world's biggest steelmaker
(Bloomberg.com)
Updated: 2005-10-03 14:26 China may have the world's single biggest
steelmaker by 2015 if the government succeeds in its policy of merging smaller
producers into bigger businesses, Guy Dolle, chief executive of Arcelor SA, said
in an interview.
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| An undated file photo shows a corner of the Anshan Iron&
Steel Group in northeastern Liaoning Province.
[Net] | | The nation,
producer of a third of the world's steel, introduced an industry plan in July
which aims to have two steelmakers each with a capacity of more than 30 million
tons a year by 2010 to compete with rivals such as Mittal Steel Co. and Arcelor,
currently the globe's two biggest producers. China has more than 260 steelmakers
today.
``You could have a Chinese steel company in the range of 150 million tons in
10 years time,'' Dolle said in Seoul yesterday.
Mittal Steel, based in Rotterdam, plans to increase output to an annual 100
million tons from 70 million tons in coming years, partly through acquisitions.
The industry is poised to shrink to three or four major global producers, with
the top 10 accounting for at least 40 percent of the market, billionaire owner
Lakshmi Mittal said June 21.
The company and Luxembourg-based Arcelor, the second-biggest producer, now
own less than 15 percent of steelmaking capacity worldwide. By contrast, the
three biggest iron ore exporters, Cia. Vale do Rio Doce, Rio Tinto Group and BHP
Billiton account for 73 percent of seaborne supply. Prices of iron ore and coal,
steelmaking ingredients, have risen to records on Chinese demand.
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