GLOBAL TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION UNDER DECARBONIZATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE'S POST-WAR RECOVERY

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🔬研究者:Provides a comprehensive review of decarbonization trends in steelmaking and links them to post-war recovery, useful for studying industrial transitions in emerging economies.

🏢実務担当者:Corporate sustainability teams in steel can benchmark technological shifts (DRI/EAF, hydrogen) and assess carbon regulation risks and opportunities globally.

🏛政策担当者:Highlights how carbon pricing and green technology mandates reshape industrial competitiveness; relevant for designing low-carbon industrial policies, especially for reconstruction contexts like Ukraine.

A comprehensive analysis of global trends in the development of the metallurgical industry and its technological transformation under decarbonisation is carried out, the main structural changes in world metallurgical production are outlined, and the key directions of their influence on the formation of a new model of industry functioning are identified. The dynamics of global steel production, its spatial concentration, and the role of metallurgy as a basic sector of industrial development ensuring the functioning of mechanical engineering, construction, transport, and energy are examined. The influence of transformations in global value chains, intensification of competition for resources, and the growing role of Asian countries on the contemporary configuration of the global steel market is highlighted. It is established that the slowdown in production growth is accompanied by the transition of the industry to a stabilisation phase and a shift in emphasis from quantitative expansion to structural and technological changes. Based on the analysis, it is determined that decarbonisation is the key factor of transformation in the metallurgical industry, causing a transition from the traditional blast-furnace route to low-carbon technologies, primarily DRI/EAF, as well as the development of hydrogen-based technologies and electrometallurgy. It is shown that changes in the resource base of the industry, in particular the increasing role of scrap and high-quality iron ore, form new conditions for the functioning of metallurgical enterprises and determine their competitiveness. It is revealed that the spatial distribution of iron ore and scrap flows reflects asymmetry in resource provision and determines the formation of stable centres of production and consumption of metal products. The impact of climate policy instruments and carbon regulation on the development of the metallurgical industry is disclosed, particularly in terms of changing international competitive conditions and stimulating technological modernisation. It is substantiated that the strengthening of CO2 emission reduction requirements, the introduction of carbon pricing mechanisms, and the increasing role of green energy define a new logic of industry development oriented towards higher technological level, resource efficiency, and environmental sustainability. It is determined that global trends in the development of the metallurgical industry create preconditions for the transformation of national industry models, particularly in Ukraine, where the preservation of production potential is combined with the need for technological modernisation and integration into new global value chains. The results of the study have practical significance for the formation of industrial policy aimed at the recovery and development of Ukraine’s metallurgical industry on the basis of low-carbon and innovative development.

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