World Crude Steel Output Down 0.8% in January
02/20/2013 - World crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 125 million tonnes in January 2013, a slight increase of 0.8% compared to January 2012.
World crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 125 million tonnes in January 2013, a slight increase of 0.8% compared to January 2012.
China’s crude steel production for January 2013 was 59.3 million tonnes, up by 4.6% compared to January 2012. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 8.9 million tonnes of crude steel in January 2013, an increase of 2.7% compared to the same month last year. South Korea’s crude steel production was 5.8 million tonnes in January 2013, -0.4% lower than January 2012.
In the EU, Germany produced 3.6 million tonnes of crude steel in January 2013, an increase of 5.4% on January 2012. Italy’s crude steel production was 1.8 million tonnes, down by -19.7% compared to January 2012. France’s crude steel production was 1.4 million tonnes, down by -1.3% on January 2012. Spain produced 1.1 million tonnes of crude steel, -2.5% lower than January 2012.
Turkey’s crude steel production for January 2013 was 2.9 million tonnes, a decrease of -8.8% compared to January 2012.
In January 2013, Russia produced 5.7 million tonnes of crude steel, a decrease of -5.7% compared to the same month last year. Ukraine’s crude steel production for January 2013 was 2.7 million tonnes, -4.4% less than January 2012.
The U.S. produced 7.3 million tonnes of crude steel in January 2013, down by -5.8% on January 2012.
The crude steel capacity utilization ratio for the 62 countries in January 2013 declined to 71.2% from 73.2% in December 2012. Compared to January 2012, it is 5.5 percentage points lower.
