1. Iron and Steel Industry of Developing Countries in the Era of Globalization: The Case of Vietnam Symposium on Advanced Material Flow Analysis for the Sustainable Society September 25-26, 2006, Tohoku University Nozomu Kawabata Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, Japan
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3. 1 Steel industry in the process of industrialization
4. Major contradictions of steel industry in developing countries Small domestic market High level of minimum efficient scale of production capacity Necessity of coordination among small numbers of big project Necessity of competition for efficiency Nationalistic feeling to basic material industries Necessity of technology and capital from foreign sources
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9. 2 Overview of Iron and Steel Industry in Vietnam
10. Production Structure of the Vietnamese iron and steel industry (2004) Blast Furnace Pro. 187 Import of Scrap 163 EAF-Billet CC, Ingot casting factories Pro.658 ( full operation ) Long rolling mills Pro. 2366 ( Cap. 4600 overcapacity ) Market of long products About 2600 Import of billet 2174 Import of long products 257 Import of hot rolled coil, sheet, plate and tube products 1773 Import of cold rolled and surface treated coil and sheet products 1112 Pipe fitter Pro. 236 Galvanizing and color coating factories Pro. 176 Unit: 1000 ton Source: Author edited from data of SEAISI and VSA. Market of flat and tube products About 2900 Domestic Supply of Scrap 718
15. Investment by VSC(PFS, SSC)(2) Phu My Steelworks under construction, Taken by the author, May 2005 Reversing cold rolling mill of PFS. From leaflet of the company.
24. Two-tiered market structure of cold rolled and surface treated sheet products Cold Rolling Mill (PFS) Pro. 180-240 (Cap. 400) Import of high grade cold rolled sheets (Deep drawing sheet, electrical sheet, IF steel, loam plate,etc) Import of normal grade cold rolled sheets Galvanizing and color coating factories (BlueScope, SSSC etc) Import of high grade surface treated sheets (Galvannealed, color-coated, tinplated) Import of normal grade galvanized and color-coated sheets Customer II (Mainly construction industry, partly domestic manufactures) Customer I ( FDI manufacturers like car, motorbike, export-oriented appliance producers) Import of hot coils Competition No competition Competition
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29. 6 FDI Attraction as a Policy for Industrialization Blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace of Nippon Steel Kimitsu Steelworks. From Company Pamphlet
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35. 7 Conclusion Hot strip mill and continuous descaling and cold rolling mill of Nippon Steel Kimitsu Steelworks From Company Pamphlet
Today I make a presentation on iron and steel industry in Vietnam. It is a case of industry promotion under globalization and transition to market economy. For developing countries, it is very hard work.