Worldsteel published March’s world crude steel production on April 21st. World crude steel production was 138.0 million metric tonnes, 2.6% lower than in March 2014. World output for the first quarter of 2015 was 1.4% lower than in the same period last year.
China accounted for 50% of world crude steel production in March with output of 69.5 million tonnes, down 1.1% compared to March 2014. Elsewhere in Asia, Japanese production fell March 2014 to March 2015 by 4.5% and South Korean production fell by 11.0%, while Indian output was up 10.0%. In the Americas, US output fell 12.7% and Brazilian production was down 7.4%. In the CIS region, production fell in the Ukraine by 35.6% and was up 0.2% in Russia. And finally, European Union crude production fell 0.9%, mainly due to lower output in Italy and Germany, and despite a significant climb in Poland.
All the data for March 2015 and for a number of prior years can be found in the Nerds spreadsheet below.