Worldsteel published February’s world crude steel production yesterday. World crude steel output was 126.6 million metric tonnes, 4.1% higher than in February 2016, though February 2016 was one day longer.
China accounted for 48% of world output in February with production of 61.2 million tonnes, 4.6% up on February 2016. Asian crude production outside of China rose 6.4% led by an 8.9% increase in India and an 8.3% increase in South Korea. European Union production fell 0.6% while Turkish output rose 15.6%. In the Americas, US crude production fell 1.0% but Mexican output rose 7.0% and Brazilian production was up 5.7%.
All the data for February 2017 and for a number of prior years can be found in the Nerds spreadsheet below.