Rebar cost model

We have posted another cost model on the website. This is a January 2011 model of conversion costs from billet to rebar, based on scrap and billet costs today. To better understand cost structure for producing reinforcing bar, click steel rebar cost model.

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Capital investment costs of ironmaking equipment - sinter plant

If you are interested in iron and steelmaking capital investment costs, the MCI steel capex report may be of interest.

For most key bits of iron and steelmaking plant [as well as for pellets, coal washing, waste water treatment, power generation etc] , the report describes recent investments around the globe - as well as typical capacities and current capital investment costs.

So if you are interested in the cost today of a new sinter plant for ironmaking [for example], the chart below will show you exactly how much you might pay ..



For more information about the report, including an executive summary, a contents list, and a list of exhibits, please visit http://www.steelonthenet.com/capex

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Iron and steel plant and equipment costs

MCI have just published a new report on typical iron and steel industry plant and equipment costs. The report covers average sizes [in tonnes of annual capacity] and $ costs for a range of plant. This includes sinter, coke, DRI, blast furnaces, BOF plants, EAFs, induction furnaces, slab casting, billet and bloom casting, heavy plate, hot rolled coil, cold rolled coil, hot dip galvanised sheet, tin plate, organic coated sheet, heavy sections, steel bar, wire rod, drawn wire, welded tube, seamless tube, pellets, washed coal, lime, PCI, air separation, power plant etc.

Want to know the cost today of a DRI plant? The chart below will tell you.
The full report has another 30 charts like this ...



For further info, please visit http://www.steelonthenet.com/capex or call +44 775 149 0885.

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Coking coal prices 2008

Press reports are circulating (and quoting ArcelorMittal) about expected increases in coking coal prices of some 150-200%. This would add to the 65% increase in iron ore costs seen in January 2008, and to last month's near $100/tonne increase in scrap prices. Current coking coal prices are just under $100 per short ton [see http://www.steelonthenet.com/commodity_prices.html] and today make up around $65 of the total cost of a (metric) tonne of liquid steel through the integrated steelmaking route [see http://www.steelonthenet.com/steel_cost_bof.html].

For original report on the expected coking coal price increases see
http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?Nav=ns&ArticleID=1518-24_2299142.

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