October world crude steel production 137M tonnes

by Jessica Wagner on November 20, 2014

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Worldsteel published October’s global crude steel production on November 20th. World crude steel production was 136.7 million metric tonnes, with no change compared to October 2013. Production for the months of January to October 2014 were 2.2% higher than in the same period last year.

China accounted for 49% of world production in October with output of 67.5 million tonnes, down 0.3% on October last year. Elsewhere in Asia, Indian production was up 8.5% on 2013, South Korean production up 4.5%, but Japanese output down 1.7%. Production in the European Union 28 countries was up 1.5% year-on-year, with France increasing output by 15.0%, and despite a 5.9% fall in Germany and a 5.4% drop in Italy. Output in the CIS region was down 6.3% following a 1.6% increase in Russia and a 28.7% drop in the Ukraine. US production was down 0.7% between October 2013 and October 2014, and NAFTA as a whole showed an increase of 0.3%.

All the data for October 2014 and for a number of prior years can be found in the Nerds spreadsheet below.