worldsteel published November 2011′s world crude steel production last Monday. Average daily production dropped 3% but monthly production declined by 6% (due to the short November month) to 115.5 million metric tonnes.
The 4.8 million-tonne fall in production in China (about 9%) drove the overall decline, but production also declined by over 200,000 tonnes in a number of other countries including Japan, South Korea, Turkey and Germany.
As usual, all the data for 2011 (and for a number of prior years) is generously shared in the Nerds spreadsheet below. Something to scrutinize over the holidays. Wishing everyone a happy 2012. Grow dammit.