Steel 2021: A fragile recovery driving digital inclusion and enhancing

driving digital inclusion and enhancing access to essential services like education

with the World Steel Association reporting that global crude steel production decreased by 4

Commercial 5G networks have been launched

owing to the waves of infections

clean energy

Steel 2021: A fragile recovery driving digital inclusion and enhancinghe Covid 19 pandemic has pushed the world economy into its worst downturn in decades, resulting in the steepest decline in steel demand since the global financial crisis of 2008 9. The national lockdowns, falling demand and supply chain disruptions owing to the pandemic quickly spread to key steel consuming sectors, which had significant declines in output. Of the main steel using industries, automotive and mechanical machinery have been affected the