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Global steel output to reach 1.35 billion tonnes in 2010 --- MEPS

LONDON (Metal-Pages) 08-Feb-10. Steel industry consultancy MEPS forecasts world steel output  to reach an all time high of 1.35 billion tonnes this year, an increase of approximately 11% over the estimated output in 2009.

It also expects blast furnace iron production to reach a record level of 994 million tonnes ...

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