Preface: Steel, the Fundamental Material for the Development of Human Civilization and Social Progressiveness Chapter 1 Historical Progress of Steel Development before the 18th Century Section 1 Metals and Iron Smelting before Medieval Period Section 2 Development of Ironmaking Technology in the Early Age Section 3 The Development of Steel during Migration and Medieval Period Section 4 Post-medieval Metallurgy Chapter 2 Global Steel Development Course after the 18th Century Section 1 The Evolution of Steel Technology in the Industrial Revolution Section 2 The Transition from Iron to Steel Section 3 Steel Industry in the 21st Century Section 4 Major Steel Companies in the World Section 5 Introduction to Worlds Three Major Mines Chapter 3 History of British, German and French Iron and Steel Industry Section 1 History of British Iron and Steel Industry Section 2 History of German Iron and Steel Industry Section 3 History of French Iron and Steel Industry Chapter 4 History of American and Russian Iron and Steel Industry Section 1 History of American Iron and Steel Industry Section 2 The Future of American Iron and Steel Industry Section 3 History of Russian Iron and Steel Industry before the 21st Century Section 4 History of Russian Iron and Steel Industry after the 21st Century Chapter 5 History of Japanese and South Korean Iron and Steel Industry Section 1 History of Japanese Iron and Steel Industry before the 21st Century Section 2 History of Japanese Iron and Steel Industry after the 21 st Century Section 3 History of South Korean Iron and Steel Industry Chapter 6 History of Chinas Iron and Steel Industry Section 1 History of Chinas Iron and Steel Industry in Ancient Times Section 2 History of Chinas Iron and Steel Industry before 1949 Section 3 History of Chinas Iron and Steel Industry during the Founding of New China to the Reform and Opening-up Section 4 History of Chinas Iron and Steel Industry after the Reform and Opening-up Section 5 Achievements of the Chinas Iron and Steel Industry Chapter 7 The Emerging Technology Promoted the Sustainable Development of the Iron and Steel Industry Section 1 Automation Technology in the Iron and Steel Industry Section 2 Intelligence Technology in the Iron and Steel Industry Section 3 The Iron and Steel Industry was Essential Part of Sustainable Development Section 4 Exploration and Practice of Sustainable Development of Iron and Steel Industry Chapter 8 Global Strategy of the Iron and Steel Industry Section 1 The M&A Waves in the Worlds Iron and Steel Industry Section 2 The Representative M&A Cases of Iron and Steel Producers Worldwide Section 3 The Merger and Reorganization of Chinas Iron and Steel Industry Section 4 The Global Strategy of Chinas Iron and Steel Enterprises Section 5 The Representative Cases of Global M&A of Chinas Iron and Steel Enterprises Chapter 9 The Future of the Iron and Steel Industry: Restructuring the Business Mode Section 1 Traditional Business Mode of Iron and Steel Enterprises Section 2 Key of Business Mode: Acquire and Retain Customers Section 3 Business Mode Innovation Practice -- Integration with Downstream User Supply Chain Section 4 Business Mode Innovation Practice -- Building an Ecosystem of Iron and Steel Industry Section 5 Business Mode Innovation Practice -- Industrial Chain Capital Embedded Integration Section 6 Business Mode Innovation Practice -- Green Development Model Section 7 Business Mode Innovation Practice -- Iron and Steel Scale Customization Platform Postscript
Based on more than thirty years' working experience in the iron and steel industry, with the innovative and comprehensive perspective, this book's author led us to explore the enormous history and future of iron and steel industry. This book mainly included the following contents. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 were the development history of the iron and steel industry in chronological order. Chapter 3 to Chapter 6 were the development history of the iron and steel industry in major countries. Chapter 7 introduced the development trajectory of material technology from micro perspective. On the contract, Chapter 8 introduced the global strategy of iron and steel industry from the macro perspective. Finally, Chapter 9 explored the future of the iron and steel industry.