Abstract
During 1981 and 1982 world output from iron ore mines and steelworks have fallen to their lowest levels since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
However, seen in a longer perspective this development has been very uneven. Important changes in the relative strength of different countries, regions and companies have taken place.
The Raw Materials Group has put together basic data on the structural changes in the steel industry, changes that will have far-reaching economic and political consequences in the coming decades.