Bukatar ƙarfe a duniya za ta ƙaru da kashi 5.8 cikin ɗari zuwa tan biliyan 1.874 a shekarar 2021 bayan ta faɗi da kashi 0.2 cikin ɗari a shekarar 2020. Ƙungiyar Karfe ta Duniya (WSA) ta ce a cikin hasashenta na ɗan gajeren lokaci na buƙatar ƙarfe na 2021-2022 da aka fitar a ranar 15 ga Afrilu. A shekarar 2022, buƙatar ƙarfe a duniya za ta ci gaba da ƙaruwa da kashi 2.7 cikin ɗari don isa tan biliyan 1.925. Rahoton ya yi imanin cewa ci gaba da bullar annobar a karo na biyu ko na uku zai ragu a kwata na biyu na wannan shekarar. Tare da ci gaba da samun ci gaba a fannin allurar riga-kafi, ayyukan tattalin arziki a manyan ƙasashe masu cin ƙarfe za su koma yadda suke a hankali.

Da yake tsokaci game da hasashen, Alremeithi, shugaban Kwamitin Binciken Kasuwa na WFA, ya ce: "Duk da mummunan tasirin da COVID-19 ya yi kan rayuka da abubuwan more rayuwa, masana'antar ƙarfe ta duniya ta yi sa'a ganin ƙaramin raguwar buƙatar ƙarfe a duniya nan da ƙarshen 2020. Wannan ya faru ne saboda ƙarfin farfadowar da China ta samu, wanda ya sa buƙatar ƙarfe ta tashi da kashi 9.1 cikin ɗari idan aka kwatanta da raguwar kashi 10.0 cikin ɗari a sauran sassan duniya. Bukatar ƙarfe za ta farfaɗo a hankali a cikin shekaru masu zuwa a cikin ƙasashe masu tasowa da masu tasowa, waɗanda ke samun goyon bayan buƙatun ƙarfe da tsare-tsaren murmurewa na gwamnati. Duk da haka, ga wasu ƙasashe mafi ci gaba, zai ɗauki shekaru kafin a farfaɗo zuwa matakan kafin barkewar cutar.

Duk da cewa muna fatan cewa mafi munin annobar zai iya ƙare nan ba da jimawa ba, akwai rashin tabbas mai yawa a sauran shekarar 2021. Sauyin kwayar cutar da kuma yunƙurin yin allurar riga-kafi, janye manufofin kuɗi da na kuɗi masu ƙarfafa gwiwa, da kuma rikicin siyasa da na kasuwanci duk suna iya shafar sakamakon wannan hasashen.

A zamanin bayan annoba, canje-canje a tsarin duniya a nan gaba zai haifar da canje-canje a tsarin buƙatar ƙarfe. Ci gaba cikin sauri saboda fasahar zamani da sarrafa kansa, saka hannun jari a ababen more rayuwa, sake tsara cibiyoyin birane da kuma sauyin makamashi zai samar da damammaki masu kayatarwa ga masana'antar ƙarfe. A lokaci guda kuma, masana'antar ƙarfe tana mayar da martani ga buƙatun zamantakewa na ƙarfe mai ƙarancin carbon.