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April world crude steel production 137M tonnes

May 27, 2014

Worldsteel published April’s global crude steel production on May 21st. World crude steel production was 137 million metric tonnes, 3% higher than in April 2013. Year-to-April production in 2014 was 4% higher than in the same period last year. China continues to account for 50% of world production. Its output increased by 5% compared to […]

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China crude steel production 70.3MT in March

May 2, 2014

China crude steel production was 70.3 million metric tonnes in March, 6.0% higher than in March 2013 and the highest monthly output ever recorded. China’s year-to-March crude production was 4.9% higher in 2014 than it was in 2013. In addition, production rose 13% compared to February 2014 but due to the shorter month of February, […]

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March world crude steel production 141M tonnes

May 1, 2014

Worldsteel published March’s global crude steel production on April 22nd. World crude steel production was 141 million metric tonnes, 12% higher than in February and 5% higher than in March 2013. China continues to account for 50% of total world production. Its output increased 13% in March compared to February and 6% between March 2013 […]

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China crude steel production 62.1MT in February, January revised

March 25, 2014

China crude steel production was 62.1 million metric tonnes in February, 0.4% higher than in February 2013. In addition, January production figures for China were revised from 61.6 million tonnes (as reported in my earlier post) to 68.7 million tonnes, which brings the January-to-February 2014 output change to -9.7%. However, due to the shorter month […]

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February world crude steel production 125MT

March 25, 2014

Worldsteel published February’s global crude steel production on March 20th. World crude steel production was 125.0 million metric tonnes, 8.6% lower than in January but 0.6% higher than in February 2013. China’s production accounted for 50% of total world production in February showing a 9.7% drop month-on-month from January and a 0.4% increase between February […]

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China crude steel production 61.6 million tonnes in January

March 3, 2014

China crude steel production was 61.6 million metric tonnes in January, 3% lower than in January 2013. January was the 4th month in a row of lower average daily production, having dropped 3.7% in October, 3.3% in November, 0.9% in December, and a further 1.3% in January to reach an average 1.99 million tonnes of […]

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