Expert analysis and strategic intelligence on the global steel industry. Episodes covering decarbonisation, market trends, policy impacts and strategic insights for steel executives and professionals worldwide.
Episode 012: Buying a Steel Mill – Red Flags in Due Diligence
[SteelOnTheNet] The data room tells the seller's story. Six red flags in steel mill due diligence, from deferred maintenance and trader sales within five dollars a tonne of variable cost to a fifty-year slag mountain, each with a practical test to apply before signing.
10 Sept 2026
Episode 011: Why Steel Mills Don't Close – What Finally Closes Them
[Steelonthenet.com] Loss-making steel mills stay open because closing costs more than continuing. Operating defers pensions, redundancy, decommissioning, remediation and take-or-pay; exit crystallises all of it at once. Five triggers actually force closure, and none of them is the mill losing money.
5 Aug 2026
Episode 010: Busting Some Big Steel Myths – Three Industry Fallacies
[Steelonthenet.com] An examination of three persistent steel industry fallacies: that steel is a strategic material, that developing economies need their own steel industry, and that G7 countries need virgin steelmaking. Drawing on British Steel's 2026 nationalisation, Sheffield Forgemasters, and SNCF's switch to EAF-sourced rail steel in France.
1 Jul 2026
Episode 009: The Feasibility Study Trap – Why Steel Projects Fail
[Steelonthenet.com] An examination of why so many steel investment projects fail before they start. Covers seven classic failure modes — demand overestimation, logistics and infrastructure underestimation, technology misjudgement, CAPEX underestimation, cost competitiveness failure, optimism bias, and governance weakness — and what a rigorous feasibility study requires.
4 Jun 2026
Episode 008: China's Steel Flood – Overcapacity, Bankruptcies, and Promises
[Steelonthenet.com] China's steel crisis examined in three threads: the overcapacity itself, the bankruptcies it is causing, and the promises from Beijing and international bodies that have so far proved insufficient. Drawing on the OECD Steel Committee's 99th Session statement of March 2026.
1 May 2026
Episode 007: Capacity Utilisation – The Steel Industry's Most Powerful Predictive Metric
[Steelonthenet.com] One number predicted every major steel crisis of the last fifty years — before it arrived. Covers why published capacity figures are misleading, the fundamentally different danger thresholds for BOF versus EAF operations, the 12–21 month predictive window, and three rules for using the metric correctly.
2 Apr 2026
Episode 006: Understanding Steel Mill Yield Losses – From Hidden Costs to Profit Recovery
[Steelonthenet.com] Yield losses quietly drain millions from bar mill profitability every year. Covers crop losses, cobbles, scale formation, batch size optimisation, and furnace atmosphere control. A 2% yield improvement on a 500,000 tonne mill generates €4–7 million additional profit annually.
2 Mar 2026
Episode 005: Steel Industry Investment Disasters – When Big Bets Go Wrong
[Steelonthenet.com] Four of the most instructive investment disasters in global steel history: Ajaokuta Nigeria, Al Tuwairqi DRI Pakistan, Hunterston Scotland, and Perwaja Malaysia. Six hard lessons for investors and project finance professionals.
10 Feb 2026
Episode 004: Best Available Techniques – Your Roadmap to Efficiency and Profit
[Steelonthenet.com] Discover how EU Best Available Techniques provide proven pathways to cut costs and reduce emissions. Covers scrap preheating deep-dive example and BAT implementation.
6 Dec 2025
Episode 003: Hidden Value in EAF By-Products – Turning Waste into Profit
[Steelonthenet.com] Discover how EAF operators can turn dust, slag, and waste heat into significant profit centers. Covers zinc recovery, scrap preheating, slag monetization, and energy optimization.
24 Nov 2025
Episode 002: Profit Improvement Programmes in the Steel Industry
[Steelonthenet.com] Strategic framework for improving steel company profitability through production asset optimization, revenue enhancement, and cost reduction.
16 Oct 2025
Episode 001: Steel Scrap Supply – Strategic Implications for Decarbonisation
[Steelonthenet.com] Expert analysis of steel scrap supply challenges as the industry transitions to EAF production. Covers BOF vs EAF economics, global trade flows, and strategic responses.
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