Regional trade barriers and protective tariffs have permanently reshaped the global steel supply map in 2025. Amid unprecedented volatility, the global steel market no longer moves as a unified front; the era of localized strategies has arrived.
While some countries are striving to save domestic production by imposing protective tariffs, others are stimulating domestic demand for steel through budget programs and fiscal incentives. At the same time, nearly all are becoming hostages to macroeconomic crises.
GMK Center has prepared a collection of materials titled “Global Steel Consumption 2025: Key Findings and Forecasts,” which can be viewed and downloaded via the link.
In this collection, we have compiled a series of articles that reflect the real situation in key global markets. We hope it will help traders, industrial market analysts, and steel industry executives gain a complete picture of the fragmentation of the global steel market and the crisis facing traditional industrial centers.
List of articles in this collection:
The full version of the almanac “Global Steel Consumption 2025: Key Findings and Forecasts” can be downloaded via the link.
Sales by the world’s 20 largest car manufacturers in the first half of 2026 fell…
Indian steelmaker JSW Steel increased its consolidated steel output by 2% compared with the previous…
In May 2026, seasonally adjusted output in the EU’s construction sector rose by 0.3% compared…
The Polish mining company Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) reduced its total coal production in the…
The Chinese company Jingye Steel has announced its intention to defend its legal rights, including…
Nucor Bar Mill Group, a division of the US steel producer Nucor, has announced a…