Terminology

Associação Brasileira de Metais (Brazilian Metals Association)

Apparent domestic consumption. See apparent consumption

American Galvanizers Association

American Institute for International Steel

Association of Iron and Steel Engineers

American Iron and Steel Institute

Latin American Iron and Steel Institute

Argon-Oxygen Decarburisation. A secondary steelmaking process in which oxygen and argon are blown into the molten steel. Enables carbon to be removed without oxidising chromium. Main method of refining stainless steel (see also VOD)

American Petroleum Institute - the trade association that represents the US oil and gas industry. The API also has an important role in the development of industry standards which have broad international acceptance and which include steel grades (for example) for use in oil and gas transmission pipelines

APICS

Abbreviation for the American Society for Testing and Materials, now known as ASTM International.

Apparent steel use. Another way of referring to apparent steel consumption