Sunday, November 22, 2009
Research and Markets (
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/07a6db/polish_steel_indus)
has announced the addition of the "Polish Steel Industry Report"
report to their offering.
After some turbulence in recent years with respect to plant
closures, spin-offs and general industry restructuring, the Polish
steel industry today comprises 26 plants. These include (by
steelmaking capacity) the two multi-million tonne plants at
Katowice and in Kraków, a small middle tier including the
long product facilities at Ostrowiec and Zawiercie, and a lower
tier of 22 relatively small producers. Eleven Polish facilities are
run by five multinational firms. These include ArcelorMittal and
other Spanish, Ukrainian and US firms, with the Polish Government
now only having a minimal ownership role (and only the tube sector
remaining largely outside of foreign control). Within this industry
structure, much production of flat rolled steel is under monopoly
control, or in some product instances oligopolistic; long product
supply is relatively competitive, and tube making moderately
competitive. Some pre-World War I, 1930s and 1950s production
facilities contribute to the existing production assets, but
significant investment in new steel rolling plant (especially steel
bar) is underway.
Whilst a review of environmental performance suggests that much
progress has been made in areas such as emissions and waste
management, many issues to do with Old Environmental Burdens
(relating especially to ground pollution by former State-owned
firms) appear still to remain. Because of legislative weaknesses
and land ownership considerations, responsibility for clean-up is
not entirely clear and recent progress with land remediation
appears to have paused.
Overall industry employment at 19,400 [for crude steel output of
9.7 mt] means that productivity is low by Western standards. With
production dominated by three adjacent voivodships, steelmaking is
highly regionalised however and much dominated by producers in the
south of the country.
Polish demand for finished steel products currently amounts to
11.0 mt / year. This corresponds to 289 kg / capita, which is a
little low compared to Western Europe. Whilst the geographic spread
of steel demand is not as concentrated as steel production, two
southern voivodships still account for 40% of consumption.
Although there has been strong demand growth in recent years and
strong growth of the Polish steel market can also be expected in
the foreseeable future, the recent growth has been fed by imports,
not by expansion of domestic production. Indeed, demand is still
very import penetrated, with 84% of 2008 flat product consumption
supplied from abroad.
With future investment, the opportunity arises for significant
displacement of import volumes as the physical attributes of Polish
steel quality improve to international norms. The suggestion is
made that more attention should also placed by steelmakers on less
tangible aspects of steelmaking operations - with more emphasis
given to matters such as purchasing, order-taking, production
scheduling best practice etc - if the market is to be captured from
foreign suppliers. Further attention must also be paid to ownership
and governance issues, to further industry rationalisation and to
continuing productivity improvement, with immediate emphasis on
creation of a comprehensive contaminated land register and
attention given to the matter of Old Environmental Burdens if the
long-term prosperity of the sector is to be assure
96 Companies Mentioned in this Report, Some
Include:
- Alchemia
- Arcelor Mittal
- Arcelor Mittal Huta Florian
- ArcelorMittal Polska
- Batory Long Products
- BGH Polska
- Buczek Automotive Sp. z o.o.
- Buczek-HB-Zaklad Produkcji Rur Sp. z o.o.
- Celsa
- HSW Huta Stali Jakosciowych
- Huta Andrzej
- Huta Baildon
- Huta Bankowa
- Huta Lucchini Warszawa
- IUD
- IUD Czestochowa
- Lucchini Warszawa
- Max Aicher
- MCI
- Moravia Steel
- Nova Hut
- PHS
- Polskie Huty Stali
- Przerobka Plastyczna na Zimno Baildon S.p.
- Severstal Silesia S.A.
- Walcownia Rur Batory
- WBG Huta Batory
- WRJ
- WRJ Servis
- Zaklad Walcowniczy Profil
- Zlomrex
- Zlomrex Walcownia Bruzdowa
41 Products Mentioned in this Report, Some Include:
- Iron
- Iron ore
- Coal
- Coking coal
- Metallurgical coal
- Steel
- Crude steel
- Liquid steel
- Ingot
- Bloom
- Billet
- Slab
- Section
- Heavy section
- Medium section
- Light section
- Bar
- Rebar
- Reinforcing bar
- Rod
- Wire rod
- Heavy plate
- Plate
- Hot rolled coil
- Hot rolled sheet
- Cold rolled coil
- Cold rolled sheet
- Galvanised steel
- Hot dip galvanised sheet
- Electro galvanised sheet
- Organic coated sheet
- Tin plate
- Tinplate
- Flat products
- Long products
- Pipe
- Tube
- Welded tube
- Seamless tube
- Quarto plate
- Rail
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