Global steel demand is continuing to grow in the short term against a backdrop of great uncertainty as only a mild deceleration in global growth is now expected, World Steel Association Chairman Andre Gerdau Johannpeter said. “However, in the long term, global steel demand is moving into a low-growth zone as new megatrends shape the […]
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 159.0 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2019, a 4.6% increase compared to June 2018. World crude steel production was 925.1 Mt in the first six months of 2019, up by 4.9% compared to the same period in 2018, worldsteel […]
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 162.7 million tonnes (Mt) in May 2019, a 5.4% increase compared to May 2018. China’s crude steel production for May 2019 was 89.1 Mt, an increase of 10.0% compared to May 2018. the global body said in its latest […]
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 156.7 million tonnes (Mt) in April 2019, a 6.4% increase compared to April 2018. China’s crude steel production for April 2019 was 85.0 Mt, an increase of 12.7% compared to April 2018. India produced 8.8 Mt of crude steel […]
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 146.7 million tonnes (Mt) in January 2019, a 1.0% increase compared to January 2018. China’s* crude steel production for January 2019 was 75.0 Mt, an increase of 4.3% compared to January 2018. India produced 9.2 Mt of crude steel […]
Global crude steel production reached 1,808.6 million tonnes (Mt) for the year 2018, up by 4.6% compared to 2017, global industry body worldsteel said in its latest output report. Crude steel production increased in all regions in 2018 except in the EU, which saw a 0.3% contraction. Asia produced 1,271.1 Mt of crude steel in […]
India produced 106.5 million tonnes of steel in 2018, beating Japan to become the world’s second-biggest producer, global industry body worldsteel said while releasing the latest annual output data. China led the way, producing 928.3 million tonnes, up 6.6 percent from 2017. Rank Country 2018 (Mt) 2017 (Mt) %2018/2017 1 China 928.3 870.9 6.6 2 […]
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 156.6 million tonnes (Mt) in October 2018, a 5.8% increase compared to October 2017. China’s crude steel production for October 2018 was 82.6 Mt, an increase of 9.1% compared to October 2017, worldsteel said in a statement, adding that […]
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 151.7 million tonnes (Mt) in September 2018, a 4.4% increase compared to September 2017. World crude steel production was 1,347.0 Mt in the first nine months of 2018, up by 4.7% compared to the same period in 2017. Asia […]
Steel demand in developed economies is expected to increase by 1.0% in 2018 and 1.2% in 2019, worldsteel said in its latest short range outlook. US steel demand grew strongly in 2017, benefiting from strong consumer spending and business investment supported by tax and regulatory changes and fiscal stimulus, although growth in the construction sector […]
