Iron ore and DRI – An old and new conference topic
– China. Russia, Brazil and Ukraine. The major importers were: −USA, Italy, Spain, China, Japan and South Korea. Considering all metallics trades (DRI, HBI, pig iron) the sub total for global trade is about 90Mt/y. Addressing the scrap market, the forecast scrap supply is expected to increase by 60Mt between 2010 to 2015 and probably by another