Well, look at this, they want me to talk about this… hot-rolled steel coil market thing. Sounds fancy, don’t it? But don’t you worry, I’ll make it plain as day, just like how we talk back home.
So, this hot-rolled steel coil, it’s just big rolls of steel, you see. They heat it up real good and then roll it out, like makin’ dough but way tougher. And folks use it for all sorts of stuff. Buildings, cars, you name it, they probably got some of this steel in ’em.
Now, they tell me this market’s gettin’ bigger and bigger. Says here it was worth somethin’ like 202.9 billion dollars in 2023. That’s a lot of money, even if I can’t rightly picture it. And they reckon it’s gonna be almost double that, 398.9 billion, by 2033. That’s a whole heap of steel, ain’t it?
They also say it’s gonna grow at somethin’ called a “CAGR” of 7.8%. Don’t ask me what that means exactly, but sounds like it’s gonna keep growin’ steady for a while. Some other folks say the market might be around 224.3 billion by 2030, growin’ at 4.6% each year. And another bunch says it could even be 0.4 billion by 2030, growin’ at 5.1%. So many numbers, makes my head spin. But the point is, everyone thinks it’s gonna get bigger.
- Now, where do they use this steel? Well, lots of places.
- They use it in buildin’ stuff, like houses and big skyscrapers. You know, the kinda places you see in the city.
- And cars, oh yeah, cars use a ton of it. From the frame to the body, it’s all in there.
They also got different kinds of this steel. Some are thick, some are thin. They got names like A36, C1010, and C1018. Sounds like a bunch of gibberish to me, but I guess it matters to the folks who use it. They say A36 is real popular ’cause you can weld it and it’s strong. And the C1010 and C1018, they’re easier to bend and shape.
And this ain’t just happening in one place, it’s all over the world. They talk about places like North America, Europe, Asia, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. Places like the US, UK, France, Germany, and China are all in on it. Seems like everyone needs this hot-rolled steel coil.
Now, they say this market is “highly competitive.” That just means there’s a bunch of companies tryin’ to sell this stuff. Big companies, little companies, all fightin’ for a piece of the pie. And the price? Well, it changes. They say it might be around 663.53 dollars per ton soon. Again, don’t ask me what a ton is exactly, but it sounds like a lot.
They’re always lookin’ at how things were in the past, from 2019 to 2023, and tryin’ to guess what’s gonna happen in the future, from 2024 to 2028 or even 2030. That’s how they come up with all them numbers I was talkin’ about earlier. It’s all a big guessin’ game, if you ask me.
So, that’s the long and short of it. This hot-rolled steel coil market is a big deal, it’s growin’, and it’s used all over the world. And that’s about all I got to say about that. It’s just steel, heated up and rolled out, but seems like the whole world wants a piece of it.
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