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China crude steel production up 13% on April 2020 to 97.9Mt

May 27, 2021

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 97.9 million metric tonnes in April, 13% higher than in April 2020. Chinese crude steel production in the first four months of 2021 was 13% higher than in the same period last year. Data from China’s General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports in April […]

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World crude steel production rises 23% on April 2020 to 169.5Mt

May 25, 2021

Worldsteel published April 2021 world crude steel production last Friday. World steel output was 169.5 million metric tonnes, 23% higher than in April, 2020. China produced 97.9 million tonnes in April, accounting for 58% of world output and rising 13% on April 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian output rose 152%, Japanese production increased […]

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China crude steel production up 19% on March 2020, up 12% on Q1 2020

April 26, 2021

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 94 million metric tonnes in March, 19% higher than in March 2020. Chinese crude steel output in the first quarter of 2021 was 12% higher than in the same period last year. Data from China’s General Administration of Customs show net finished steel exports in March at […]

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World crude steel production rises 15% on March 2020

April 23, 2021

Worldsteel published March 2021 crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 169.2 million metric tonnes, 15% higher than in March 2020. China produced 94 million tonnes in March, accounting for 56% of world output and rising 19% on March 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian output rose 24%, while Japanese and South Korean […]

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First River Steel Data Room Dataset of the Week: Stainless Meltshop Production

April 19, 2021

Did you know that stainless steel meltshop production worldwide in 2020 was 50.9 million metric tonnes, a 2.5% drop from 2019 levels? Did you know that world stainless meltshop production grew annually by 5% on average between 2001 and 2020?  You can find all this data in this week’s featured dataset, Stainless Meltshop Production. Stainless […]

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World crude steel production up 4.1% on February 2020 to 150.2Mt

March 24, 2021

Worldsteel published February 2021 world crude steel production yesterday. World steel output was 150.2 million metric tonnes, 4.1% higher than in February 2021. China produced 83 million tonnes in February, accounting for 55% of world output and rising 10.9% on February 2020. In other parts of Asia, Indian production fell 3.1%, Japanese production dropped 5.6%, […]

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