Competitive landscape (3) These differences have certain supply-side implications Semi-finished imports often significant Indigenous raw materials such as iron ore and coal often unused 1 Competition often non-existent Downstream production often very fragmented and very small-scale 2 1 : Large scale facilities producing several million tonnes / year of steel via BOF-based steelmaking usually cannot be justified by market size 2 : In some parts of East or West Africa, it will be quite normal to find a half a dozen firms supplying a 500 kt/year rebar market.
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