World steel Production of 64 contries

July 2011 Crude Steel Production

Brussels - World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 127 million metric tons (mmt) in July. This is 11.5% higher than July 2010.

China’s crude steel production for July 2011 was 59.3 mmt, an increase of 15.5% compared to July 2010.

Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 9.1 mmt of crude steel in July 2011, down -1.2% compared to the same month last year. South Korea’s crude steel production for July 2011 was 5.7mmt, 21.7% up compared to July 2010.

22 Aug 2011In the EU, Germany’s crude steel production for July 2011 was 3.7 mmt, an increase of 5.7% on July 2010. Spain’s crude steel production for July 2011 was 1.0 mmt, down -1.9% on July 2010. The UK produced 0.8 mmt of crude steel in July 2011, an increase of 7.5% compared to July 2010.

Turkey produced 2.9 mmt of crude steel in July 2011, 19.3% higher than July 2010.

The US produced 7.5 mmt of crude steel in July 2011, an increase of 10.2 % compared to July 2010.

Brazilian crude steel production for July 2011 was 3.1 mmt, 8.2% higher than July 2010.

The world crude steel capacity utilisation ratio of the 64 countries in July 2011 was 79.7%, 3.4 percentage points lower than in June 2011. Compared to July 2010, the utilisation ratio in July 2011 increased by 4.9 percentage points.