Global crude steel production fell 8.9 percent year-on-year to 144.4 million tons in September, with production in China falling more than 20 percent.
The World Steel Association (Worldsteel), headquartered in Brussels, announced the September crude steel production data.
Accordingly, global crude steel production decreased by 8.9 percent in September compared to the same period of 2020, to 144.4 million tons.
In the said period, China's production decreased by 21.2 percent to 73.8 million tons. While Japan's production increased by 25.6 percent to 8.1 million tons, the production of the USA increased by 25.6 percent to 7.3 million tons and Germany's production increased by 10.7 percent to 3.3 million tons. It is estimated that it decreased by 2.2 percent to 5.9 million tons.
Turkey's crude steel production increased by 2.4 percent to 3.3 million tons in September compared to the same period of the previous year.
It is estimated that steel production in Brazil, which increased by 15.3 percent to 3.1 million tons in the said period, decreased by 51.4 percent to 1.3 million tons in Iran.
On the other hand, in the January-September period of this year, global crude steel production increased by 7.8 percent compared to the same period of 2020, reaching 1 billion 461 million tons.
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