Globalcrude steelproductionin September this year remained almost unchanged month on month and rose by 4.4 percent year on year to 151.71 million metric tons, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). In the January-September period of this year, globalcrude steelproductionincreased to 1.34 billion mt, up by 4.7 percent year on year.
In September this year,crude steeloutput in Asia amounted to 107.84 million mt, rising by 5.9 percent, with 80.84 million mt produced byChina, up 7.5 percent, 8.41 million mt produced by Japan, decreasing by 2.4 percent, 8.52 million mt produced by India, increasing by 2.1 percent, and 5.85 million mt produced by South Korea, falling by 3.4 percent - with all comparisons on year-on-year basis.
EU-28 countries produced 13.94 million mt ofcrude steelin September, up by 0.2 percent year on year. In September, Germany's output was 3.77 million mt, rising by 7.5 percent year on year, Italy'scrude steeloutput was 2.17 million mt, down by 0.8 percent year on year, and France'scrude steeloutput amounted to 1.34 million mt, up by 1.4 percent year on year.
Turkeyproduced 2.82 million metric tons ofcrude steelin September, with a 5.9 percent decrease from September last year. Iran'scrude steelproductionin September amounted to two million mt, up by 4.3 percent year on year. The CIS registered acrude steeloutput of 8.38 million mt in September, decreasing by 2.6 on year-on-year basis, withRussiaproducing 5.91 million mt, falling by 1.3 percent, and Ukraine producing 1.78 million mt, down by 7.6 percent, both on year-on-year basis.
In North America in September,crude steeloutput totaled 10.02 million mt, increasing by 6.2 percent, with theUSproducing 7.25 million mt, rising by nine percent, and Mexico producing 1.6 million mt, up by 0.5 percent, all on year-on-year basis.Crude steeloutput in South America in September amounted to 3.81 million mt, rising by one percent from September last year, with Brazil's output totaling 3.03 million mt, increasing by 2.5 percent year on year.