Worldsteel published May’s world crude steel production yesterday. World crude steel output was 143.3 million metric tonnes, 2.0% higher than in May 2016. World production for the first five months of 2017 was 4.5% higher than in the same period last year.
China accounted for half of world output in May with production of 72.3 million tonnes, 1.8% higher than in May 2016. In non-China Asia, production increased significantly in India (+6.4%) and Vietnam (+96.6%). European Union crude production rose 2.0% compared to last May, with strong gains in Poland (+39.4%) and France (+21.5%), though production in the United Kingdom fell (-16.1%). In the Americas, Brazilian output rose 13.2% year-on-year, and US production was up 0.2%. Other changes to note include a 9.7% increase in output in Turkey and 25.5% drop in output in the Ukraine.
All the data for May 2017 and for a number of prior years can be found in the downloadable spreadsheet below.