World crude steel production 123.7 million tonnes in August

by Jessica Wagner on September 25, 2012

in Data

Worldsteel published August’s global crude steel production on September 20th. World crude steel production was 123.7 million tonnes, -0.3% lower than in August 2011 for the 62 countries reporting. Average daily production declined by 3.9% from July. China’s production remained basically flat at 58.70 million tonnes this year compared to 58.75 million tonnes in August 2011, but with a decline of close to 5% from July this year. Countries which showed a decline of over 200,000 tonnes between August 2011 and August 2012 include the Ukraine, Germany, and Italy, in contrast to Japan, Turkey, and India where production increased more than 200,000 tonnes.

As usual, all the data for August 2012 (and for a number of prior years) is generously shared in the Nerds spreadsheet below.