August world crude steel production 143.6M tonnes

by Jessica Wagner on September 24, 2017

in Data

Worldsteel published August’s world crude steel production on September 21st. World crude steel output was 143.6 million metric tonnes, 6.3% higher than in August 2016. World production for the first eight months of 2017 was 4.9% higher than in the same period last year.

China accounted for 52% of world output in August with production of 74.6 million tonnes, 8.7% higher than in August 2016. Also in Asia, Indian output was up 4.1%, South Korean output rose 4.9%, and Vietnamese production increased 57.8%. European Union production rose 3.6% while Turkish output rose 13.3%. In the CIS, Russian crude production fell 5.0% and Ukrainian output declined 5.5%. And in the Americas, US production rose 6.3% compared to last August and Canadian output increased 11.3%.

All the data for August 2017 and for a number of prior years can be found in the Nerds spreadsheet below.


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