Steel Glossary

Indian steel ministry site contains an extremely simple yet good glossary list, which should be the beginning point for anyone who wants to understand the sector, for which a good understanding of the technical terminology is a must: http://www.steel.nic.in/Glossary-I.pdf


Another good section on steel glossary extracted from a report by RBC Capital/feb07:
Steel Glossary RBC Capital Good

Useful Steel LINKS

Key Links to steel related websites
Official site of World Steel Association; useful for getting authentic first hand info on latest monthly crude steel production data, 'world steel in figures 200x', etc
http://www.worldsteel.org/

Daily steel news - good quality;professional coverage and archives avail for free; do see the "STT" section
http://www.steelguru.com/

Daily steel news - quality news; well formatted and archived "selective" and categorized steel news
http://mjunction.in/market_news/metals/

Mining and ore related top ten news
http://topten.rochebay.com

Links to steel related reports
A very good site having updated compiled collection of steel (and other) broker reports
http://www.dreamgains.com/reports.html

Mineral Policy Issues in the Context of Export and Domestic Use of Iron Ore in India/A S Firoz/mar08
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/IRON%20ORE%20INDIA%20-2008.pdf

Steel industry outlook/metal strategies/nov08
www.rmgconference.se/presentations/15-metal_strategies_rmg_5th_annual_conference_2008.pdf

Steel industry outlook/Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago/dec08
www.chicagofed.org/news_and_conferences/conferences_and_events/files/2008_eos_dicianni.pdf

Steel VIDEOS
http://aist.org/process_video/steelmaking_process.htm ( A series of steel videos on AIST website)
http://videos.howstuffworks.com (a lot of "discovery channel" kind of steel videos can be downloaded)
http://www.imoa.info/downloads/videos_stainless_steel.html (2 videos on stainless steel)
http://www.youtube.com

A video of how steel is made at United States Steel
http://www.reliableplant.com/article.asp?articleid=8009

Interview of Alan Heap, Managing Director, Global Commodity Analysis, Citi Investment Research/nov08
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2091789/informa_interview_alan_heap_on_global_iron_ore_and_steel_ii/

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