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Record world crude steel production in March

April 26, 2012

Oh yes it was. Worldsteel published the latest global crude steel production statistics last week and the monthly output for March in total and on a daily basis was a record 132.2 million metric tonnes and 4.3 million metric tonnes respectively. China alone produced 61.6MT in the month, more than all but about 3 countries […]

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World crude steel production down 2.5% in February

March 22, 2012

worldsteel published February 2012’s world crude steel production on Tuesday. For the 59 countries reporting to worldsteel, production dropped by 2.5% between January and February to 119 million metric tonnes. In comparison, February 2011 world crude steel production for these countries was 117 million tonnes. Crude steel production in China dropped by 850,000 tonnes in […]

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World crude steel production up 2% January 2012

February 29, 2012

worldsteel published January 2012’s world crude steel production last Tuesday. World production increased by 1.8% between December and January to 118 million metric tonnes. A number of countries increased production by between 200,000 and 350,000 tonnes in January including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the US and Japan. Counteracting this were production declines in the Africa/Middle […]

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World crude steel production rises 6.8% in 2011

January 24, 2012

worldsteel published December 2011 and full-year 2011 world crude steel production on Monday. Looking at the monthly results, December production increased 1.5% over November to 117 million metric tonnes, though daily production declined 1.8%. China, the US, Russia and Turkey each showed significantly higher production while France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan all showed declines. […]

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World crude steel production published for November 2011

December 23, 2011

worldsteel published November 2011’s world crude steel production last Monday. Average daily production dropped 3% but monthly production declined by 6% (due to the short November month) to 115.5 million metric tonnes. The 4.8 million-tonne fall in production in China (about 9%) drove the overall decline, but production also declined by over 200,000 tonnes in […]

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World crude steel production published for October 2011

November 25, 2011

worldsteel published October 2011’s world crude steel production last Monday. Monthly production increased by 0.9% but average daily production declined by 2.4% due to the longer month. October production increased significantly in South Korea (608k tonnes), Japan (591KT), Russia (499KT), and India (200KT), but the rise in these and a few other countries was counteracted […]

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