Abstract
A specialist on the industrial economy of the former USSR assesses trends in the mining of iron ore and related ferroalloy metals; the production of crude steel and mill products; and domestic consumption, inter-republican trade, and export demand for steel products. Particular attention is devoted to the impacts of changing organizational structure and pricing policies on steel output, the effects of disrupted inter-republican trade flows after the dissolution of the USSR, the role of foreign investment in the CIS steel industry, shifts in steelmaking technology (e.g., continuous casting), and trends in production of major ferroalloy raw materials (e.g., manganese, chromium). A concluding section focused on trends in the intensity of steel use relative to GNP provides grounds for assessing possible future levels of steel output in the major producing countries. 17 tables, 63 references. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: L61, L72, P2.
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