Worldsteel published June’s world crude steel production on July 20th. World crude steel output was 141.0 million metric tonnes, 3.2% higher than in June 2016. World production for the first six months of 2017 was 4.3% higher than in the same period last year.
China accounted for 52% of world output in June with production of 73.2 million tonnes, 5.7% higher than in June 2016. Also in Asia, South Korean output rose 7.7%, production in Vietnam was up 54.3%, but Japanese crude output fell 4.3%. European Union production rose by 3.9% compared to last June, led by a 32.3% increase in the United Kingdom and a 22.3% rise in Poland. Further to the east, Turkish output rose 7.1%, Iranian output was up 16.4%, while production fell in Russia (-8.0%) and Ukraine (-13.0%). And in the Americas, output fell in the US (-1.7%) but rose in Mexico (+1.0) and Brazil (+4.0%).
All the data for June 2017 and for a number of prior years can be found in the Nerds spreadsheet below.