Steel demand will be driven by consumer and infrastructure spending in the medium term

Overview

Brazilian steel consumption will reach an all-time high of 25 million tonnes in 2010, a 34.5 per cent year-on-year increase driven by consumer demand for domestic appliances and automobiles and record-high mortgage growth. We believe that infrastructure projects to be undertaken ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics, new rail investments and subsalt oilfield development will increase annual steel demand by nearly 8 million tonnes between 2010 and 2016. Despite the...

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