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World Steel in Figures 2016 available online

World Steel in Figures 2016 is available online Brussels, 27 May 2015 – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published the 2016 edition of World Steel in Figures. The publication provides a comprehensive overview of steel industry activities, stretching from crude steel production to apparent steel use, from indications of global steel trade flows to …

Mar. 2014: Deciphering China’s latest defence budget figures: SIPRI

On 4 March the Chinese Government presented its 2014 budget to the National People’s Congress (NPC). The budget does not accurately represent the total amount spent by China on its military but its inclusion of an increased amount for defence echoes similar increases in recent years. Both the increase and the related modernization of China’s …