World Crude Steel Output Slips to 149.2 Million Tonnes in July as China Production Falls 3.6%
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Updated · worldsteel.org · Aug 25
World Crude Steel Output Slips to 149.2 Million Tonnes in July as China Production Falls 3.6%
3 articles · Updated · worldsteel.org · Aug 25
Summary
149.2 million tonnes of crude steel were produced by 70 reporting countries in July, down 0.3% from a year earlier; January-July output totaled 1,081.2 million tonnes, off 0.6%.
China, the largest producer, made 76.9 million tonnes in July, down 3.6%, helping pull Asia and Oceania output 1.2% lower to 109.4 million tonnes.
10.5 million tonnes from the EU marked a 3.8% rise, while North America increased 4.9% to 9.6 million tonnes and the Middle East fell 13.4% to 3.8 million tonnes.
14.4 million tonnes from India kept it the No. 2 producer with 1.9% growth, while Viet Nam posted the fastest top-10 increase at 34.7% to 2.7 million tonnes.