Something has got to give in the global steel industry

A sharp increase in US steel imports from Asia in the first quarter serves to highlight the overcapacity and overproduction of Asia’s steel industries. Surplus Asian output is undermining the global steel price. Without output cuts, particularly in China, steel prices will continue to fall.

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