January 2016 crude steel production update
Published by Elizabeth Corner,
Senior Editor
World Pipelines,
World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 128 million t in January 2016, a 7.1% decrease compared to January 2015.
China’s crude steel production for January 2016 (an estimate provided by CISA) was 63.2 million t, a decrease of 7.8% compared to January 2015. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 8.8 million t of crude steel in January 2016, a decrease of 2.8% compared to January 2015. India’s crude steel production was 7.4 million t, a decrease of 1.2% compared to January 2015. South Korea produced 5.7 million t of crude steel in January 2016, down by 4.5% on January 2015.
In the EU, Germany produced 3.6 million t of crude steel in January 2016, a decrease of 2.0% compared to January 2015. Italy produced 1.8 million t of crude steel, down by 5.3% on January 2015. Spain produced 1.2 million t of crude steel, down by 9.5% compared to January 2015.
Source: worldsteel
Turkey’s crude steel production for January 2016 was 2.6 million t, up by 0.8% on January 2015.
In January 2016, Russia produced 5.6 million t of crude steel, down by 10.6% over January 2015. Ukraine produced 1.9 million t of crude steel, up by 3.6% compared to the same month 2015.
The US produced 6.6 million t of crude steel in January 2016, a decrease of 8.8% compared to January 2015.
Brazil’s crude steel production for January 2016 was 2.5 million t, down by 17.9% on January 2015.
The crude steel capacity utilisation ratio of the 66 countries in January 2016 was 66.0%. This is -5.8 percentage points lower than January 2015. Compared to December 2015, it is 0.8 percentage point higher.
Edited from source by Elizabeth Corner
Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/24022016/january-2016-crude-steel-production-update/
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