Global steel demand is forecast to grow by 0.4% in 2022 to reach 1.84 trillion tonnes after increasing by 2.7% in 2021, and in 2023 steel demand will see further growth of 2.2% to 1.88 trillion tonnes, according to the latest short-range outlook for 2022 and 2023 released by the World Steel Association (WSA) on late April 14 Beijing time.