Structure and Performance in the West European Steel Industry: A Historical Perspective

  • Bo Carlsson
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Abstract

As the steel industry in Western Europe faces the 80’s, it is trying to recover from its most difficult decade since the Second World War. Crude steel production in the European Common Market (EEC 9) was barely larger in 1979 than in 1970. Non-European competitors threatened European steel producers in all their markets, both at home and abroad. Capacity utilization in the steel industry in the EEC in 1977 was only around 60%.

Keywords

Blast Furnace Steel Production Steel Industry International Competitiveness Open Hearth Furnace 
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