NEW SOURCES OF ALLOYING METALS FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY IN A CHANGING GLOBAL MARKET

The purpose of this study is to explain the changes that have occurred in the lasttwo decades in the market for strategic raw materials, which include metal ores used insteel metallurgy. In particular, the ores of manganese, chromium, nickel, tungsten,molybdenum and cobalt are considered. Taking up such a subject is justified because ofthe scarcity of up-to-date information on this subject in the current geographicalliterature. Such information is currently scattered in a variety of sources includingeconomic, geological, on the technology of metals and on resource protection. Completionof the undertaken task requires gathering in one place information scattered in varioussources and reviewing hundreds of information prospectuses of international miningcorporations involved in this business, government documents and even reports on smalland developing local companies. Their analysis will also allow, i