Steel industry products all qualities Home deliveries, Export deliveries, Imports (net of conversion), Total supply to home market

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1 Key Statistics 2011

2 UK Steel Key Statistics 2011 Contents UK steel production Annual crude steel production and numbers employed UK steelmaking materials & production 3 Raw material costs: iron ore & hard coking coal - 4 Scrap: mill receipts, net exports & price - from 4 EU industrial electricity prices for extra large users July June UK, EU and US forward wholesale gas prices - (by quarter) Energy per tonne of steel produced UK steel deliveries UK steel mill home and export deliveries UK steel mill deliveries to UK consumers and stockholders - by quarter 6 Main UK markets for UK steel mill deliveries - 7 UK steel mill exports 8 UK trade balance: steel mill products UK steel industry trade balance Exchange rate/steel exports UK steel demand UK steel demand UK imports of steel mill products by country of origin 10 UK steel requirement Index of UK steel price compared to RPI Steel industry products all qualities Home deliveries, Export deliveries, Imports (net of conversion), Total supply to home market Steel in the World World crude steel production Top ten steel trading countries (exports and imports) 14 Global steel consumption by region Crude steel production 1 Note All data provided by the International Steel Statistics Bureau (ISSB) unless stated otherwise.

3 2/3 UK steel production Annual crude steel production and numbers employed Million tonnes & numbers employed (000s) Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Numbers employed Electric Arc Steelmaking Million tonnes Numbers employed (000s) Employees as engaged on ECSC steel industry activities. Variations in aggregated totals due to rounding. UK steelmaking Materials & production INTEGRATED STEELWORKS Tata Steel Port Talbot, Scunthorpe & Teesside Imported Iron Ore Iron From Blast Furnaces Basic Oxygen Steel Furnace Crude Steel 6.mt 7.2mt 7.3mt 9.7mt Imported Coking Coal Coke Production and Imports 1.2mt 6.2mt 3.9mt Recycled Used Steel Scrap 3.7mt* *of which 1.3mt arising within steelworks EAF STEELWORKS RW Carrs Celsa Tata Steel Rotherham Outokumpu Forgemaster Steels Thamesteel 2.6mt Electric Arc Steel Furnaces 2.4mt

4 UK Steel Key Statistics 2011 UK steel production Raw material costs - iron ore & hard coking coal US$Cent/dmtu* average US$/tonne (*US cent per % of Fe content per tonne) Iron Ore FOB Vale Hard Coking Coal FOB East Australian Port Source: Steel Business Briefing (SBB) Source: Steel Business Briefing (SBB) Scrap: mill receipts, net exports & price Million tonnes per year - per tonne delivered Mill receipts & net exports Price OA (plate & structural) 8 UK mill scrap receipts (excluding own arisings) UK net exports Source: Metalbulletin

5 4/ EU industrial electricity prices for extra large users July June Pence/kWh including taxes UK, EU and US forward wholesale gas prices - by quarter Pence/therm UK Finland France Germany Spain UK NBP Continental Europe (oil-indexed) USA Henry Hub Source: DECC Quarterly Energy Prices, December (Eurostat data) Source: EIUG/Energy Purchasing Specialists Ltd Energy per tonne of steel produced Gj per tonne

6 UK Steel Key Statistics 2011 UK steel deliveries UK steel mill home and export deliveries Million tonnes 2 Total UK steel mill deliveries Home deliveries Exports UK steel mill deliveries to UK consumers and stockholders - by quarter Thousand tonnes To consumers To stockholders mt 2.8mt 3.3mt 3.4mt 3.1mt 3.3mt 3.0mt 3.2mt 2.2mt 2.0mt 2.mt 2.3mt (Qtr1)

7 6/7 Main UK markets for UK steel mill deliveries - Thousand tonnes Stockholders 3,204 2,004 2,49 Construction 1, Engineering Metal Goods Wire drawing Automotive Other consumers Total UK deliveries 6,164 4,171 4,767 Main UK markets for UK steel mill deliveries - % Stockholding merchants Construction Engineering 7 Metal goods Wire drawing 6 Automotive Other consumers Please note that any variations in aggregated totals are due to rounding.

8 UK Steel Key Statistics 2011 UK steel deliveries UK steel mill exports Thousand tonnes EU(27) 3.4mt up 10% on Total Exports 4.7mt Rest of the world 1.3mt down 41% on 1, France Germany Other EU(27) Netherlands Spain Belguim Italy Sweden Czech Rep Austria Asia Middle East NAFTA Other Eur/CIS Africa S America Oceania UK trade balance: steel mill products million Net m exporter Net m importer

9 8/9 UK steel industry trade balance (UK steel exports by value minus cost of imported raw materials and semis) million,00,000 Import Export Balance,018 4,00 4,273 4,220 4,000 3,41 3,804 3,00 3,000 2,00 2,000 1,00 1,029 2,407 +1,378 1,182 2,420 +1,238 1,43 2,763 +1,310 1,891 +1,60 2,047 +2,226 2,073 +2,147 2,32 +2,486 3,013 1,74,749 4,133 +2,736 +2,09 2,79 +1,338 1, Exchange rate/steel exports Monthly exports thousand tonnes & Euro to Exports Euro to Exports thousand tonnes Euro to Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan 2004 Jan 2003 Jan 2002 Jan 2001 Jan 2011

10 UK Steel Key Statistics 2011 UK steel demand UK demand for steel mill products Million tonnes per year 2 UK demand Supplied from UK mills Imports* *Excludes any imports made by steel producers UK imports of steel mill products by country of origin (Imports exclude material for steel industry conversion) Thousand tonnes EU(27) 3.7mt 3% up on Total Imports.1mt Rest of the world 1.4mt 47% up on 1, Germany Other EU27 Belgium France Spain Italy Netherlands Sweden Czech Rep Austria Oth Eur/CIS Asia Africa NAFTA South America Oceania Middle East

11 10/11 UK steel requirement Million tonnes Steel contained in imported goods Steel mill products imported Steel mill products from UK mills Please note for this bar chart any variations in aggregated totals are due to rounding. Index of UK steel price compared to RPI Index (1987 = 100) Retail Price Index Average UK Steel Price Index Year Retail Price Index Ave UK Steel Price Index Year Retail Price Index Ave UK Steel Price Index

12 UK Steel Key Statistics 2011 Steel industry products all qualities Home deliveries Thousand tonnes Ingots and semis Rod (inc. reinforcement) 1,33 1,334 1, ,037 Heavy sections (inc. piling) Light sections Railway materials HRWC (hot rolled wide coil (non alloy)) Plates & wide flats Sheets - coated & uncoated (inc. hot rolled strip) 1,349 1,33 1, ,08 Tin mill products Stainless and other alloy plate, sheet and strip Bright bar Tubes CRNS (cold rolled narrow strip) Total 6,691 6,478 6,164 4,171 4,767 Export deliveries Thousand tonnes Ingots and semis 2,382 3,034 3,149 2, Rod (inc. reinforcement) 1,286 1,91 1,08 1,092 1,211 Heavy sections (inc. piling) Light sections Railway materials HRWC (hot rolled wide coil (non alloy)) Plates & wide flats Sheets - coated & uncoated (inc. hot rolled strip) Tin mill products Stainless and other alloy plate, sheet and strip Bright bar Tubes CRNS (cold rolled narrow strip) Total 6,892 7,6 7,20,29 4,716 Please note for all these tables any variations in aggregated totals are due to rounding.

13 12/13 Imports (net of conversion) Thousand tonnes Ingots and semis Rod (inc. reinforcement) 970 1, Heavy sections (inc. piling) Light sections Railway materials HRWC (hot rolled wide coil (non alloy)) Plates & wide flats Sheets - coated & uncoated (inc. hot rolled strip) 2,237 2,440 2,078 1,287 1,814 Tin mill products Stainless and other alloy plate, sheet and strip Bright bar Tubes 1,120 1, CRNS (cold rolled narrow strip) Total 7,34 7,783 6,842 3,719,137 Total supply to home market Thousand tonnes Ingots and semis Rod (inc. reinforcement) 2,323 2,388 1,64 1,37 1,32 Heavy sections (inc. piling) 1,64 1,746 1, Light sections Railway materials HRWC (hot rolled wide coil (non alloy)) 1,41 1,17 1, ,000 Plates & wide flats Sheets - coated & uncoated (inc. hot rolled strip) 3,8 3,77 3,328 2,168 2,899 Tin mill products Stainless and other alloy plate, sheet and strip Bright bar Tubes 1,680 1,1 1, ,161 CRNS (cold rolled narrow strip) Total 14,036 14,261 13,006 7,890 9,904 % Total imports to total home market 2.3% 4.6% 2.6% 47.1% 1.9%

14 UK Steel Key Statistics 2011 UK steel in the World World crude steel production Million tonnes 1,400 1,300 1,200 1,100 1, Rest of world China Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Electric Arc Other processes ,071 1,144 1,247 1,347 1,327 1,230 1, Source: World Steel Association World top ten steel exporters & importers Million tonnes EXPORT % change Position on 1 Japan China EU27 External Russia Ukraine S Korea Turkey USA Taiwan Brazil Other Total IMPORT % change Position on 1 EU27 External S Korea USA China Thailand Turkey India* Iran** Vietnam** Canada Other Total Excludes internal trade within the EU27. *India: based upon 10 months data annualised. **World exports to Iran & Vietnam

15 14/1 Global steel consumption by region Based on apparent consumption of finished steel Million tonnes Region/Country 2000 % Change on 2000 EU % Other Europe/CIS % NAFTA % Central & South America % Africa % Middle East % Asia excl China % China % Oceania % Total World , % Source: World Steel Association Crude steel production Million tonnes EU producers Total Basic Oxygen Electric Arc Open Hearth Germany Italy Spain France UK Poland Belgium Other EU Total EU world producers China (est) Total EU Japan USA Russia (est) India (est) S Korea Ukraine (est) Brazil Turkey Taiwan, China Mexico Canada Iran (est) Rest of World Total World 1, Source: World Steel Association

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