Developments in Steelmaking Capacity of Non-OECD Economies : 2003 Edition.

Total non-OECD steelmaking capacity in 2005 is estimated to reach 569.7 million tonnes per year (tpy), up 30.0 million tonnes from 539.7 million tpy in 2002, an increase at an average annual rate of 1.8%.Southeast Asia, including China, will be made up of a majority of the volume of this increase on the strength of China's remarkable ongoing expansion in steelmaking capacity.