September world crude steel production 130.9M tonnes

by Jessica Wagner on October 21, 2015

in Data

Worldsteel published September’s world crude steel production on October 20th. World crude steel production was 130.9 million metric tonnes, 3.7% lower than in September 2014. World output for the first nine months of 2015 was 2.4% lower than in the same period last year.

China accounted for 50% of world production in September with output of 66.1 million tonnes, down 3.0% compared to September 2014. Crude production in Asia outside of China fell 4.4% year-on-year, with output in Japan falling 7.3%, South Korea falling 2.7%, Taiwan down 6.0%, and India down 1.4%. European Union production was 4.6% lower than in September 2014, including a 43.3% drop in the UK as well as lower output in Germany, France, and Italy. Outside of the EU, Turkish output fell 14.1% compared to September last year and Russian production declined 3.2%. In the Americas, Brazil’s output fell 13.0% and US output was down 8.5%.

All the data for September 2015 and for a number of prior years can be found in the Nerds spreadsheet below.