Posted on 04 Jan 2021
The crude steel output by world countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) registered notable surge during the month of November 2020. The monthly production statistics suggests that output by 64 countries has increased by nearly 6.6% over the previous year.
The world crude steel production totalled 158.261 million tonnes (Mt) in November this year, as compared with the output of 148.417 Mt a year before. China, India and Japan continued to be the world’s top three steel producers. Out of the leading steel producers, China and India recorded higher steel output over the previous year, whereas the Japanese output slumped.
The cumulative steel output during the first eleven months of 2020 totalled 1.670 billion tonnes. This compares with the output of 1.692 Mt in Jan-Nov ’19.
The table below provides the crude steel production data for the top ten producing nations in the month of November this year:
|
Rank |
Country |
Output |
|
1 |
China |
87,660 |
|
2 |
India |
9,245 |
|
3 |
Japan |
7,264 |
|
4 |
U.S |
6,120 |
|
5 |
Russia |
5,855 |
|
6 |
South Korea |
5,760 |
|
7 |
Vietnam |
4,098 |
|
8 |
Germany |
3,376 |
|
9 |
Turkey |
3,220 |
|
10 |
Brazil |
2,954 |
Note: The above outputs are in thousand tonnes.
The region-wise steel output during the month is listed out in the below table.
|
Region |
Output |
|
EU-28 |
12,809 |
|
Other Europe |
3,471 |
|
C.I.S |
8,243 |
|
North America |
8,497 |
|
South America |
3,659 |
|
Africa |
1,068 |
|
Middle East |
3,615 |
|
Asia |
116,407 |
|
Oceania |
492 |
Note: The above outputs are in thousand tonnes.
Source:Scrap Monster
