Rebar commodity
Lowest structural bandGlobal long-product market, highly cyclical.
Prices are bands. A 2024 coil is not a 2026 contract. Labour and certification often dwarf the commodity.
Producers listed are landmarks for orientation, not a ranking or a procurement list.
コスト帯
Hot-rolled coil
Benchmark flatHRC is the price everyone quotes; it is not a finished car part.
AHSS / coated
Auto premiumDual-phase + zinc + bake-hardenable stacks add process cost.
Tool / bearing
Alloy premiumVacuum-melted cleanliness is the bill, not the iron units.
Green-steel trial
Policy premiumHydrogen-DRI tonnes still trade on certificates more than on mills’ list prices.
地域
East Asia
China, Japan, Korea dominate primary tonnes and auto sheet quality.
EU
Carbon-border talk plus specialty and stainless clusters (Nordics, Germany, Italy).
North America
EAF mini-mills plus remaining integrated plants; auto AHSS demand.
India
Fast-growing primary capacity and construction demand.
Middle East
DRI on cheap gas; export billets.
Africa / LATAM
Ore exporters (Brazil, Australia via seaborne) and local long products.
主要数字
~1.8–1.9 Gt / year (order of 2020s)World crude
EAF route ~30% of global crude, higher in USRecycled share
AHSS share of BIW rising each platform cycleAuto body
~2.9× aluminium — volume, not mass, is the design leverDensity vs Al
生産者
China Baowu
Largest crude-steel group by tonnes.
ArcelorMittal
Global flats, longs and mining footprint.
POSCO
Korean integrated mill; auto and electrical steels.
Nippon 鋼
Japanese high-spec sheet and plates.
Nucor
US EAF mini-mill model.
Tata 鋼
India + European operations, including IJmuiden heritage.
Ask for the route (primary, scrap, bio) before believing a green label.