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2022 has so far been a year of major developments impacting the steel sector. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown European and global steel markets in turmoil. The disruption has impacted supply chains, trade flows, logistics and banking sectors. Iron ore and scrap prices have risen to extraordinary levels, while energy costs have skyrocketed. At the same time, the world witnessed a new wave of Covid restrictions in China impacting sentiment in the largest global steel market. Most recently, the announcement by Indian authorities of the decision to impose export duties on steel have added a further layer of uncertainty on the future of supplies to Europe. What are the expectations for the steel industry in the second half of 2022? Will trade measures be rediscussed to re-shape further flow of steel into the region? Will sentiment pick up in the steel industry after 4-5 months of uncertainty?
During the Kallanish Europe Steel Markets 2022 hybrid conference, steel industry participants from across the supply chain will debate the medium and long-term outlook for the European steel market in the context of current economic and geopolitical shocks.
Europe Steel Markets 2022 physical conference took place at the luxurious Melia Milano hotel.
Melia Milano Address: Via Masaccio, 19, 20149 Milano MI, Italy Phone: +39 02 3540 3219
EUROMETAL http://www.eurometal.net
EUROMETAL is the European federation of steel tubes and metals distribution and trading. The roots of EUROMETAL date back to 1950, when the European Community for Coal and Steel was created by Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. EUROMETAL members are national federations of steel, metals and tubes distribution as well as distribution, SSC and trading companies having cross border activities in European OECD countries.
NASS https://www.nass.org.uk/
Since its establishment in 1928, NASS has been successfully working to promote the interests of steel service centres throughout the UK. NASS is the only trade association covering the whole of the UK steel stockholding industry. NASS members supply steel to UK manufacturing and are a vital link in the supply chain from producer to customer, handling some 8 million tonnes of steel a year, principally to the construction, automotive and engineering industries.
Siderweb https://www.siderweb.com/
Siderweb - The steel community is the only Italian online newspaper entirely dedicated to news from the steel world. Created in 2001, siderweb is a space - virtual and physical - for the exchange of information and comparison between all the protagonists of the steel supply chain. It was created to satisfy the need for information, services and advice of steel producers, distributors and endusers. It is an independent container of news, interviews, exclusive insights, press review, market analysis, prices and data. It creates synergies among all the players in the steel industry and it is a reference point and a daily exchange of views.
Association partner: Steel Exporters' Association http://www.cib.org.tr/en/
Steel Exporters' Association is a non-profit business organization of more than 1250 companies representing the largest steel producers and exporters in the Turkish steel industry. It carries on its operations with the aim of increasing the export potential of the Turkish steel industry and paves the way for Turkish steel producers/exporters, with main objective to foster and attain sustainable global steel market based on free and fair trade. The Association also solves the problems of its member companies face at home and abroad, provides contact between members and foreign importers in order to ease the export processes, serves up-to-date domestic and global market news, reports and analyses. To learn more about the Turksh Steel Exporters Association please visit: www.cib.org.tr
GMK Center https://gmk.center/en/
GMK Center is a think-tank with focus on CIS iron&steel sector. GMK Center offers comprehensive consulting services and industrial expertise, together with partners World Steel Dynamics (US) and Horst Wiesinger Consulting (Austria). GMK Center works with all key players in Ukraine – Metinvest, Interpipe, Ferrexpo, ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih, DCH Steel, Centravis. Also, GMK Center highlights the main events and trends in steelmaking industry through the web-portal gmk.center. GMK Center is a communication platform as well, organizing forums, round tables and meetings for market participants.
Assofermet is the National Association of companies in the trade, distribution and pre-processing of steel products, traders in non-ferrous metals, traders in ferrous scrap and hardware distribution companies.
UAHE https://uahe.es/wordpress/
UAHE is the Spanish Association of Steel Stockholding companies created in 1910. Our member companies stock, distribute and pre-process a wide range of steel products. We count with more than 130 companies with nearly 200 warehouses all over the country.
SteelData https://www.steel-data.com/
SteelData is the largest online steel statistics database on the World, EU and Turkish steel market and industry. It provides accurate and most comprehensive steel statistics in a regular basis on the steel market and industry worldwide. SteelData is the easiest and most comfortable way of getting the most comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date steel market and industry data. Production, consumption, capacity, capacity utilisation, export, import and much more. Take data in the center of your decisions.
UNESID https://unesid.org/
UNESID is the steel production companies association of Spain. It comprises all the manufacturers of flat and longs steel products of Spain, in every quality: carbon, alloyed or stainless steel. Producers of steel tubes (seamless and welded), precision strip, cold finished, road restraint systems are also members of the Association.
A.T.A http://www.trefiladoresacero.com/
A.T.A is a steel association that brings together the Spanish manufacturers and transformers of steel wires, with the aim of promoting their development, both nationally and internationally.
ESIS https://www.prestressingsteel.com/
ESIS is a group of European post-prestressing steel manufacturers and was founded in 1969. One of its main tasks is the technical development of the product including testing methods, promotion of its applications, national and international standardization.
Polska Unia Dystrybutorów Stali www.puds.pl
Polska Unia Dystrybutorów Stali is an association of companies that distribute metallurgical products in Poland. Through a variety of activities, PUDS creates a platform for exchanging experiences, business contacts and joint ventures for companies for which steel is the main commercial product. The aim of PUDS is for the Polish steel industry to be integrated, steel distributors acted according to good commercial rules and the steel market in Poland was strong and competitive with foreign steel distribution companies.
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All times in the programme are Central European Summer Time - CEST (UTC +2) and the physical event location was Milan. This event was joined in person and online. Conference language: English
To kick off Europe Steel Markets 2022 high profile executives from the European industry will give their view on the latest market developments and their outlook for the second half of 2022. Last year the steel industry lived an extraordinary year, with prices reaching new record levels and profitability for steelmakers increasing rapidly. Demand has recovered, but this new spike has exposed several critical factors in the supply chain. Following the invasion of Ukraine, global markets have had to reorganise supply on the back of sanctions on Russia and the stoppage of Ukraine production. What will the rest of 2022 look like? Is the market strong enough to overcome the latest uncertainties?
Format: 10-12 min presentations + Q&A
Kallanish editors and industry executives will analyze the most significant market trends across the globe in areas such as Turkey, Middle East, CIS, Asia and the Americas. How are markets reacting to the war in Ukraine? Are the effects of the pandemic over? How are trade flows between the different regions evolving? 2021 brought a number of new challenges in key steelmaking areas such as China, Russia and Turkey: what will be the overriding trends to look out for in 2022 and beyond on a global scale?
Format: 10-15 min presentations + panel
Decarbonization and sustainability are central to the future of the global steel industry. What is the status of the transition at European steelmakers and distributors? Can hydrogensteelmaking really become a viable solution and how are steel purchasers reacting to the premium costs implemented to safeguard investments in the decarbonization projects? During recent years Europe has been at the forefront of the push for green steelmaking, but what lessons can the sector learn from other experiences in different geographic regions? How big a role will steel scrap play in the transition towards more environmentally friendly steelmaking?
Format: 10-15 min presentations + panel
Steel prices remain at peak levels and supply uncertainty continues to worsen. How are these factors impacting the end-user’s sectors? Demand in Europe from key steel consuming sectors has been volatile, with construction outperforming automotive. What should the market expect for the remainder of 2022 and into next year? Lately, steelmakers across Europe have applied retroactive surcharges, how are these affecting the market and the future relationship between suppliers and consumers? In what way should European policies change to support further demand?
Format: 10-15 min presentations + Q&A
The second day of the conference begins with a detailed look at the raw materials situation globally. Iron ore, scrap, energy and freight costs will be analyzed to understand the future direction of input costs for steelmakers and for the entire ferrous supply chain. Iron ore and scrap prices reached record levels in 2021. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, scrap and iron ore's trends diverged significantly. In addition to raw material costs, energy prices have increased enormously, impacting profitability of steelmakers and in some cases their ability to produce. What is happening to energy costs in Europe and has the situation improved compared with the winter of 2021? What can we expect of iron ore and scrap prices globally and how closely does this continue to relate to steel production and demand?
Format: 10-15 min Presentations + panel
Key industry executives from different sectors will sit in a panel to discuss their views on steel supply, demand and prices for the coming six months. 2022 started with a very uncertain market, after the extraordinary 2021. How will the markets look like in the second half 2022? Will the global supply of steel be able to find a new balance following the war in Ukraine? What is the current visibility over 2023?
Format: 10-15 min presentations + panel
The programme was last updated 17th May 2022.
Fernando is the Presedent of EUROMETAL, a position he has held since December 2018, and is the Managing Director of Layde Steel (Tata Steel Europe) since January 2009. As a senior executive leading transformation through growth, customer oriented actions and full involvement of the organisation, Fernando has more than 20 years of experience in highly demanding commercial organisations, of which 10 years acting as Managing Director promoting the change and market focus to take back to profits a complex entity. Involvement includes all stakeholders, and all levels of the company, including management of the multinational.
Andrii has 15-year experience in investment banking and commodities market analysis as head of research and head of trading department. Graduated from Donetsk University of Management Production management faculty in 2005. His expertise are in: global steel markets, oil & gas, financial markets, and industrial policy issues. Andrii covers financial and strategic issues, improving cost-management, budgeting systems building, and audit for steel companies in consulting projects.
Fabrizio has decades of experience assisting a wide range of clients, including governments, industry associations, producers and importers in trade investigations. His practice covers investigations initiated both by the EU and by third countries. Since the early nineties Fabrizio has been involved in major EU anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases as well as safeguard investigations. His expertise also encompasses customs investigations, including actions before Member States customs authorities, marks of origin, export controls and sanctions. His activities focus on representing the interests of clients at all stages of proceedings before the investigating authorities as well as litigating before the competent jurisdictional bodies. He also represents companies and associations in investigations initiated by third countries. In recent years he has been involved in investigations initiated by Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the US. His expertise extends to trade-related matters involving the WTO.
Gilles is Managing Director and founder of SteelConsult International, based in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), where he is responsible for conducting strategy projects, market studies, economics analysis and training for the iron & steel industry and raw materials markets. Gilles has over 20 years’ experience working as a consultant to the iron and steel industry. Prior to SteelConsult, he worked with Tata Steel/Corus Consulting in IJmuiden (The Netherlands), and with CRU International and Hatch Beddows in London (UK). Gilles is a frequent speaker at leading industry events, and a regular trainer at public and in-house training courses on steel and raw materials. In the course of his career, Gilles worked for many of the world’s main steel mills, iron ore suppliers, traders and distributors, covering markets for steelmaking raw materials, semis, sheet, plate and longs in countries around the world. Gilles holds a MSc. in Business Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Stéphane is technical head for governmental affairs and climate change within ArcelorMittal Europe. In that function, he contributes to the decarbonization roadmap of European entities, its financing and control of regulatory impacts. Previously Stéphane has been Chief Marketing Officer in charge of Packaging, Oil and gas, and Electrical Steel segments within ArcelorMittal Europe Flat Products as well Chief Executive Officer of ArcelorMittal Avelino & Canossa in Italy. Stéphane holds a degree as sales engineer from the Esidec business school in Metz (France) and he is a graduate in mechanical engineering.
Maximilian leads the sustainability activities at the supply chain solution provider Metalshub based in Düsseldorf. In that function, he primarily focuses on the topic of scope 3 CO2 emission reporting and engages with steelmakers, mining companies and other stakeholders to help them make their supply chain emissions transparent and ultimately enable them to track & reduce their carbon footprint along clear reduction targets. At the same time, he works together with Metalshub´s product team to continuously improve the platform functionalities and its ability to drive the decarbonization of the metals industry. Maximilian further has several years of experience working in strategy consulting at the Boston Consulting Group where he already supported clients from the mining, steel and automotive industry on their innovation and decarbonization pathways. In parallel to his work as sustainability manager at Metalshub, Maximilian currently pursues a PhD in the field of carbon emission reporting and wider sustainable management.
Born in Canberra (Australia), Mr Bernardi graduated in Management Engineering at the University of Padua. After a first experience in the clothing sector (Belfe), he joined Fiamm (automotive and industrial sector) as Project Manager for the SAP ERP implementation project. He then took up positions in the Supply Chain area both abroad and in Italy until he assumed the role of Group Purchasing Director in 2002. In 2006 he joined Ferretti Group (design and construction of Yacht-Megayachts) as Director of Corporate Purchasing and Procurement in the context of the IPO project run by Permira Fund. In 2008 Mr Bernardi joined Fincantieri as VP Procurement of the Naval Vessels Division and then became part the newly established COO office at corporate level, as VP of Joint Procurement & Category Management. In 2013 he set up and got the lead of the Supply Chain department within Fincantieri Corporate, 3 years later David took on the role of VP of Fincantieri Australia based in Canberra and Adelaide within the SEA 5000 bid program launched by the Australian Government. In 2017 David returned to Italy in Genoa as VP Program Management with responsibility on all the naval projects and in 2019 he assumed the role of SVP Procurement & Supply Chain – Fincantieri Group.
Friso was born in 1970 in the Netherlands. He earned a MSc degree at Delft University of Technology in Materials Science. He took several classes in marketing, strategic management and governance at Henley, IMD and Erasmus. Friso has worked and lived in the USA, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands. After his start in R&D and production management with Volvo Aero and Aluminium Pechiney, Friso held several commercial positions in the steel industry with Corus and Tata Steel. He was, amongst others, responsible for mill sales to service centers in South-Europe and for the EMEA sales of specialty plated strip products. He was appointed CEO of a Tata Steel JV active in trade, steel service and fabrications. He is founder and initiator of Steelport Maastricht. His broad and international experience from mill sales, trading and service centers all the way down the supply-chain to manufacturing, strengthened and inspired him to launch himself into entrepreneurship. He acquired his own steel trading/service organisation early 2019.
Stefano Ferrari was born in 1980 and graduated in Consumer Goods, Retail Distribution and Business Communication from the IULM University in Milan, before joining Siderweb SpA in 2005. After five years in journalism, in 2009 he became managing director of Siderweb, the Italian steel community. In 2013 and 2015 he ran the press office for Made in Steel, the biggest trade fair for the southern European steel industry, and since January 2014 has worked in the Siderweb Studies Office.
Tomas is the Managing Editor Asia for Kallanish and produces editorial content on the region, with a focus on China, as well as overseeing Kallanish's operations in East Asia. He is based in Shanghai, where he has lived and worked for the last six years. Tomas speaks Mandarin as well as English and Spanish. He has also spent three years in Beijing studying and working. Previously, Tomas worked at Steel Business Briefing, where he joined shortly after graduating with a masters degree in Asian politics from SOAS in London.
Alexis is a London based director at Simpson Spence Young (SSY), one of the world’s largest shipbroking organisations. He is part of the SSY Consultancy & Research team analysing dry bulk shipping markets and related industries, including steel and iron ore. With more than eight years of experience in dry bulk research, his areas of work include speaking at industry events, presenting to SSY’s clients, writing for company publications and supporting broking staff, both in London and overseas.
Alberto, VP Sales at the LME, has worked on various strategic initiatives for the Exchange, including the launch of new contracts, the development of its steel futures market and the launch of the Registered Intermediating Broker membership category. He joined the London Metal Exchange in December 2014 and has been a member of the LME Nickel Committee since 2015. Previously, he was working in the Transaction Services team of PwC with focus on strategy consulting and commercial due diligence for the Financial Services industry.
Alain has been working at Casier Recycling NV for the last 3 years. Casier Recycling is a recycling company, specialised in both non-ferrous and ferrous materials with a strong sourcing network in the industrial activities within Flanders, Belgium. After his studies (Master in Economic Sciences at Antwerp University), Alain joined the raw materials division of the Arbed Group, which later became Arcelor and ArcelorMittal. Alain was stationed in Brussels, later in Singapore where he joined the Group’s steel trading division and returned to Belgium 8 years later to join the logistics division. Alain subsequently joined an American company Tube City IMS, a provider of steel services, including scrap procurement for the Eastern European market, especially within the Czech Republic and Serbia. He later moved to Vienna, Austria to join FJ Elsner Trading as senior trader for raw materials. In 2018 Alain joined Casier Recycling in Belgium as commercial director with responsibilities on both the scrap sourcing as on the sales side.
Paolo Sangoi, 57 years old, is President of Assofermet Acciai and CEO of Sangoi Group, whose core business is the service center activity for the supply of low carbon steel sheets and strips. He has gained a long experience in the management of supplies and commercial direction of Sangoi Group. He has promoted the development of the group's business realities, diversifying the historical activity into innovative areas, creating new synergies from the evolution of the group's configuration. As President of Assofermet Acciai which represents the Italian enterprises of trade, distribution and pre-processing of steel products, together with his team, he has promoted several initiatives for the revision of the European safeguard measures supporting free trade rules in favour of the competitiveness of the entire supply chain.
Gorkem received his master's degree in Management of Business Administration in 2002 from La Salle University, Philadelphia, USA. He started his career in the US, working in multinational companies such as Saint Gobain. Later, he went on to work in the stock market fortune 500 company SEI Investments as a mutual fund trader in the US. In 2005, he took a challenge in the steel industry and started to work for steel producers as an executive for export markets. Then, he was appointed as a director of the steel desk of LN metals, a commodity trading company in London. In 2012, Gorkem founded Galex Steel International -- a trading house mainly focused on flat steel products and exports to Europe, Turkey, South America, Middle East and Far East. Galex represents reputable government and private mills from China, India and Turkey on regional or project basis. The company covers global markets through its offices in Turkey, China, India and Russia.
Chrysa is responsible for trade policy and economic analysis for UK Steel, representing the sector’s interests to UK government. Chrysa leads UK Steel’s work on trade remedies, including safeguards and anti-dumping investigations, as well as free-trade agreements, where the UK is now developing its own policy since leaving the EU. She also carries out analytical work, including quarterly steel demand forecasts for the UK industry and oversees UK Steel’s annual statistics publication. Previously Chrysa led the European Biofuels team at S&P Global Platts, covering pricing, policy and news for these markets. She also has experience across a broad range of commodity markets and policy, including metals & mining, petrochemicals, sugar and grains. Chrysa holds an MSc European Political Economy and a BSc Economics from the London School of Economics.
Alessandro started his career as a consultant in M&A, taxation and corporate finance, he then joined Duferco where he developed his skills as a steel manager. After some years in MMK group as export manager he joined Deltasteel Group where he managed the steel business unit. Since November 2016 he is CEO at Gamma Trade Sa, a Swiss based company, active in steel trading and distribution mainly focused in import of flats into Europe, adding value to European manufacturers through logistic, financing and hedging services.
Lex has been active in the steel sector since the 70s and has worked for a Belgian steel producer (Cockerill-Sambre) and a Swedish steel mill (SSAB). In 1995 Lex founded his own company in the Netherlands (NovioStaal). First as a trading company and agencies, and since 15 years also simultaneously as a stockholding company. Noviostaal concentrate on high quality steel grades as high strength, wear and weather resistant with emphasis on sheet and strip steel. A few years back, Lex handed the company over to his youngest son and his colleague. Nowadays, Lex works as a consultant and conducts research on the steel market.
Burcak brings 15 years experience in covering global long products and scrap pricing. She is responsible for the Kallanish daily scrap assessment in Turkey, as well as European shredded and US domestic and export pricing. Prior to joining Kallanish she worked for SteelOrbis as Director of Research. She is based in Istanbul.
After training as a journalist in Italy, Emanuele started covering the steel market back in 2010 when he joined SBB in London. In 2014, he became managing editor for the EMEA steel market for Platts. Emanuele joined Kallanish in 2016 and he is the editor for Kallanish Steel Weekly. He speaks five languages and love art as much as steel.
Katya is a native Moscovite, and she first joined Steel Business Briefing in London in January 2003 as a reporter covering the CIS steel market, which she did for 11 years. After joining Argus Media in 2014, she continued to focus on steel and scrap markets as an editor. In Kallanish, Katya's focus remains on steel markets in CIS and Turkey, which she has now been observing for 15 years.
Aameer covers the Indian and Pakistani steel markets at Kallanish and joined the team in July 2021. He has an MBA with specialisation in marketing and human resource management. He previously worked with Ernst and Young LLP as an analyst in indirect taxation and spent three years with SteelMint India covering the Iranian and Indian steel industries. Aameer can speak English, Urdu, Hindi and is currently learning Farsi.
Paul is a Director and Co-founder of Kallanish, which he helped to create after working for Steel Business Briefing as General Manager for Asia. With the co-founders, he felt there was a gap for simple, good quality journalism and market intelligence combined with a focus on listening to customer needs. Kallanish aims to put the customer at the forefront of everything it does. Previously, Paul was a Commercial Director and negotiated strategic alliances for blue chip companies in the payments industry. He also holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. Paul is based in Kallanish’s London HQ and previously lived in Paris and Shanghai. He speaks fluent French and conversational Mandarin.
Having graduated from university in England's steel city of Sheffield, Adam was destined to end up in a career related to the steel industry. He has worked at Kallanish since 2014 as an editor for The Middle East and Turkey, as well as CIS and Eastern Europe, contributing his experience gained from five years in Dubai of the vibrant and fast-growing Middle Eastern and Turkish markets. Adam regularly attends events in the Middle East and Europe, moderating and speaking at some of them. He was previously steel editor at Platts in Dubai and before that Central and Eastern European reporter for Steel Business Briefing in London. Adam prides himself on providing friendly, informative and accurate journalism. He is currently based in Frankfurt and speaks fluent Polish and intermediate German.
Christian covers the German steel markets at Kallanish and joined the team in 2015. Previously, Christian worked as a steel journalist for some 15 years. He started off with American Metal Market, and later joined Steel Business Briefing, where he spent seven years as correspondent for the German-language countries.
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Truly global, user-friendly coverage of the steel and related markets and industry that delivers the essential information quickly while delivering on most occasions just the right amount of between-the-lines comment and interpretation for a near real time news service of this kind.
Very good overview of the weekly steel market.