February world crude steel production 126.6M tonnes

by Jessica Wagner on March 23, 2017

in Data

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.


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