PRESSRELEASE–June2021crudesteel production

Worldcrudesteelproductionforthe64countriesreportingtotheWorldSteelAssociation (worldsteel)was167.9milliontonnes(Mt)inJune2021,an11.6%increasecomparedtoJune 2020.

Crude steel production by region

Africaproduced1.5MtinJune2021,up46.9%onJune2020.AsiaandOceaniaproduced122.5Mt, up6.4%.TheCISproduced8.9Mt,up9.1%.TheEU(27)produced13.2Mt,up34.7%.Europe, Otherproduced4.3Mt,up21.0%TheMiddleEastproduced3.6Mt,up9.1%.NorthAmerica produced10.0Mt,up45.2%.SouthAmericaproduced3.9Mt,up51.3%.

The64countriesincludedinthistableaccountedforapproximately98%oftotalworldcrudesteel productionin2020.Regionsandcountriescoveredbythetable:

§  Africa:Egypt,Libya,SouthAfrica

§  AsiaandOceania:Australia,China,India,Japan,NewZealand,Pakistan,SouthKorea, Taiwan (China),Vietnam

§  CIS:Belarus,Kazakhstan,Moldova,Russia,Ukraine,Uzbekistan

§  European Union(27)

§  Europe,Other:Bosnia-Herzegovina,Macedonia,Norway,Serbia,Turkey,UnitedKingdom

§  MiddleEast:Iran,Qatar,SaudiArabia,UnitedArabEmirates

§  NorthAmerica:Canada,Cuba,ElSalvador,Guatemala,Mexico,UnitedStates

§  SouthAmerica:Argentina,Brazil,Chile,Colombia,Ecuador,Paraguay,Peru,Uruguay, Venezuela

Top 10 steel producing countries

Chinaproduced93.9MtinJune2021,up1.5%onJune2020.Indiaproduced9.4Mt,up21.4%. Japanproduced8.1Mt,up44.4%.TheUnitedStatesproduced7.1Mt,up44.4%.Russiais estimatedtohaveproduced6.4Mt,up11.4%.SouthKoreaproduced6.0Mt,up17.3%.Germany produced3.4Mt,up38.2%.Turkeyproduced3.4Mt,up17.9%.Brazilproduced3.1Mt,up45.2%. Iranisestimatedtohaveproduced2.5Mt,up1.9%.

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