World Outlook for Iron Source Demand —Comparison with Energy Outlook—
Sumio KOZAWA, Kimitoshi YONEZAWA, Fumitaka TSUKIHASHI
pp. 715-727
Abstract
To maintain the sustainable use of iron source, there are global challenges due to mass effect such as the recent rapid growth in steel consumption, a large impact on climate change etc. Although R&D of iron and steel has been made for years, there is still significant potential of technological innovation to solve those challenges with a greater unified effort by the industry-academic-government. Therefore, it is necessary for deciding the amount of R&D's investment to share the common world-wide iron source demand outlook based on engineered researches of mathematical modeling and continual improvement, which lag behind those of energy. As it is expected to improve models of long-term forecasting of world iron source demand, priority issues are to specify the driver which governs the demand, and formulate a simple and rational hypothesis of the linkage.
Readers Who Read This Article Also Read
Tetsu-to-Hagané Vol.94(2008), No.11
Tetsu-to-Hagané Vol.89(2003), No.12
Tetsu-to-Hagané Vol.90(2004), No.9