Recent years have seen significant changes in the financial performance of the steel industry, fuelled by both unprecedented demand and structural changes in key raw material markets. As ever, there have been winners and losers with producers having appropriate captive resources currently enjoying unprecedented benefits.

• Which plants are reaping the rewards?
• Who are progressing / regressing?
• Who might not survive in a downturn?

With site operating cost profiles of over 80 hot strip mills worldwide broken down by critical inputs, Key Costs at Hot Strip Mills 2006 helps to answer these questions. CRU has become widely accepted as providing the most accurate and trusted reference for inter-plant cost comparison, allowing critical decisions to be undetaken with speed and confidence.