Ka piki te hiahia mō te maitai o te ao mā te 5.8 ōrau ki te 1.874 piriona tāne i te tau 2021, whai muri i te hekenga o te 0.2 ōrau i te tau 2020. E ai ki te World Steel Association (WSA) i roto i tana matapae hou mō te hiahia mō te maitai mō te wā poto mō te tau 2021-2022 i tukuna i te 15 o Paenga-whāwhā. I te tau 2022, ka piki tonu te hiahia mō te maitai o te ao mā te 2.7 ōrau ki te eke ki te 1.925 piriona tāne. E whakapono ana te pūrongo ka memeha haere te ngaru tuarua, tuatoru rānei o te mate urutā i te hauwhā tuarua o tēnei tau. Mā te haere tonu o te werohanga, ka hoki mārire ngā mahi ōhanga i roto i ngā whenua nui e kai ana i te maitai ki te āhua noa.

I roto i tana kōrero mō te matapae, i mea a Alremeithi, te heamana o te Komiti Rangahau Mākete a te WFA: "Ahakoa te pānga kino o te COVID-19 ki ngā oranga me ngā oranga, he waimarie te umanga maitai o te ao ki te kite i te whakahekenga iti noa iho o te tono maitai o te ao i te mutunga o te tau 2020. Nā te kaha o te whakaoranga o Haina i piki ake ai te tono maitai ki reira mā te 9.1 ōrau ki te whakahekenga 10.0 ōrau i te toenga o te ao. Ka hoki haere tonu te tono maitai i ngā tau e haere ake nei i roto i ngā ōhanga whakawhanake me ngā ōhanga whakawhanake, e tautokona ana e te tono maitai kua puritia me ngā mahere whakaora a te kāwanatanga. Heoi, mō ētahi o ngā ōhanga tino matatau, ka roa ngā tau ki te hoki ki ngā taumata i mua i te mate urutā.

Ahakoa e tumanako ana mātou ka tere te mutunga o te mate urutā kino rawa atu, kei te noho tonu te koretake mō te toenga o te tau 2021. Ko te whakarerekētanga o te huaketo me te akiaki i te werohanga, te tango i ngā kaupapa here pūtea me te moni whakaongaonga, me ngā taupatupatu whenua me te hokohoko, tera pea ka pā ki te putanga o tēnei matapae.

I te wā i muri i te mate urutā, ka puta he panoni i roto i te tauira tono mō te maitai nā ngā panonitanga hanganga o te ao ā muri ake nei. Ko te tere o te whanaketanga nā te mamati me te aunoatanga, te haumitanga hanganga, te whirihoranga anō o ngā pokapū tāone me te whakawhiti pūngao ka puta he whai wāhitanga whakahihiri mō te umanga maitai. I taua wā anō, kei te kaha te urupare a te umanga maitai ki te tono pāpori mō te maitai waro-iti.