World Crude Steel Production Statistics in Nov 2013

  • Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 127 million tonnes (Mt) in November 2013, an increase of 3.6% compared to November 2012.

China’s crude steel production for November 2013 was 60.9 Mt, up by 4.2% compared to November 2012. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 9.3 Mt of crude steel in November 2013, an increase of 8.9% over November 2012. South Korea’s crude steel production was 5.6 Mt in November 2013, down by -0.2% on November 2012.
 


In the EU, Germany produced 3.7 Mt of crude steel in November 2013, an increase of 5.7% compared to November 2012. Italy produced 2.1 Mt of crude steel, -4.5% less compared to November 2012. France’s crude steel production was 1.3 Mt, an increase of 3.5% on November 2012. Spain produced 1.2 Mt of crude steel, up by 15.5% on November 2012.

Turkey’s crude steel production for November 2013 was 3.1 Mt, up by 3.0% on November 2012.

In November 2013, Russia produced 5.5 Mt of crude steel, a decrease of -0.7% compared to the same month 2012. Ukraine’s production was 2.5 Mt in November 2013, down by -7.9% on November 2012.

Brazil’s crude steel production for November 2013 was 2.7 Mt, a decrease of -2.8% compared to November 2012.

The US produced 7.1 Mt of crude steel in November 2013, up by 5.3% on November 2012.

The crude steel capacity utilisation ratio for the 65 countries in November 2013 was 75.8% and it is 0.3 percentage points higher compared to November 2012. It is -1.7 percentage points lower than October 2013.

 

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