JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/07/12 -- Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- The Mexican steel industry has a $15 billion steel project pipeline, which could add 6 million tons annually in production over the next few years, and the conditions are in place for investments in that capacity. Steel demand is set to grow 5.5% to 6% in 2012, and expectations are "rather high," according to industry sources. In 2011, the country's steel output grew 9% in 2011 to 18.0 million tons, and the forecast production for 2012 is 18.5 million tons. But caution in the steel value chain has characterized the past year.

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