August world crude steel production 134.1M tonnes

by Jessica Wagner on September 22, 2016

in Data

Worldsteel published August’s world crude steel production on September 21st. World crude steel output was 134.1 million metric tonnes, 1.9% higher than in August 2015. World crude steel production in the first eight months of 2016 was 0.7% lower than in the same period last year.

China accounted for 51% of world output in August with production of 68.6 million tonnes, up 3.0% compared to August 2015. Elsewhere in Asia, Indian output increased a significant 9.4% compared to last year. In Europe, production fell 1.4%, driven by a 37.5% decline in the UK. US production was down 3.4% while Turkish production rose 12.9%.

All the data for August 2016 and for a number of prior years can be found in the Nerds spreadsheet below.