Imfuno yentsimbi yehlabathi iya kukhula nge-5.8 pesenti ukuya kwi-1.874 yeebhiliyoni zeetoni ngo-2021 emva kokuhla nge-0.2 pesenti ngo-2020. I-World Steel Association (WSA) ithe kwingxelo yayo yamva nje yemfuno yentsimbi yexesha elifutshane ka-2021-2022 ekhutshwe ngo-Epreli 15. Ngo-2022, imfuno yentsimbi yehlabathi iya kuqhubeka ikhula nge-2.7 pesenti ukuya kufikelela kwi-1.925 yeebhiliyoni zeetoni. Ingxelo ikholelwa ukuba igagasi lesibini okanye lesithathu eliqhubekayo lobhubhane liya kuncipha kwikota yesibini yalo nyaka. Ngokuqhubeka okuqhubekayo kokugonya, imisebenzi yezoqoqosho kumazwe amakhulu asebenzisa intsimbi iya kubuyela kwisiqhelo kancinci kancinci.

Ethetha ngolu qikelelo, uAlremeithi, usihlalo weKomiti yoPhando lweMarike ye-WFA, uthe: “Ngaphandle kwempembelelo embi ye-COVID-19 kubomi nakwindlela yokuphila, ishishini lesinyithi lehlabathi libe nethamsanqa lokubona ukuncipha okuncinci kwemfuno yesinyithi kwihlabathi liphela ekupheleni kuka-2020. Oko bekubangelwa kakhulu kukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo okumangalisayo kweTshayina, okunyuse imfuno yesinyithi apho nge-9.1% xa kuthelekiswa nokuncipha kwe-10.0% kwihlabathi liphela. Imfuno yesinyithi imiselwe ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo kwiminyaka ezayo kuqoqosho oluphuhlileyo noluphuhlileyo, ixhaswa yimfuno yesinyithi exineneyo kunye nezicwangciso zokubuyisela urhulumente. Nangona kunjalo, kwamanye amazwe aphuhlileyo, kuya kuthatha iminyaka ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo ukuya kumanqanaba angaphambi kobhubhane.

Nangona sinethemba lokuba eyona nto imbi kakhulu kule ntsholongwane iza kuphela kungekudala, kusasele ukungaqiniseki okukhulu kwisithuba esisele sowama-2021. Utshintsho lwentsholongwane kunye nokunyanzelwa kokugonywa, ukurhoxiswa kwemigaqo-nkqubo yezemali kunye neyemali ekhuthazayo, kunye noxinzelelo lwezopolitiko kunye norhwebo konke oku kunokuchaphazela isiphumo sale ngqikelelo.

Kwixesha lasemva kobhubhane, utshintsho kwisakhiwo kwihlabathi elizayo luya kuzisa utshintsho kwipateni yemfuno yentsimbi. Uphuhliso olukhawulezileyo ngenxa yokwenziwa kwedijithali kunye noomatshini, utyalo-mali kwiziseko zophuhliso, ukulungiswa kwakhona kwamaziko asezidolophini kunye notshintsho lwamandla kuya kuzisa amathuba anomdla kushishino lwentsimbi. Kwangaxeshanye, ishishini lentsimbi likwasabela ngokukhutheleyo kwimfuno yoluntu yentsimbi ekhabhoni ephantsi.