Global Production of Iron and Ductile Iron Cast stabilizes1)

Sources: World Census, CAEF, IKB forecast; 1) Including Steel Cast (le pdf complet est attaché au billet ou le demander à Piwi par mail)

•  Production in Western Europe will move sideways by 2025 with a slight decline from 2020 on
•  Despite the partly re-industrialization of the US economy and temporary lower energy costs the foundry production in the NAFTA declined between 2014 and 2016. Development will level off from 2022 onwards
•  China will dominate the world market but India will catch up. Japan and Korea will lose cast production to these countries