WorldSteel reports July crude steel production figures

World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (WorldSteel), Brussels, was 133.7 million tonnes in July 2016, a 1.4% increases from July 2015.

China’s crude steel production for July 2016 was 66.8 million tonnes, an increase of 2.6% compared with July 2015. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 8.9 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2016, an increase of 0.5% compared with July 2015. India produced 8.1 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2016, up 8.1% compared with the same month last year. South Korea’s crude steel production was 6 million tonnes in July 2016, up by 1.5% on July 2015.

In the European Union, Germany produced 3.4 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2016, a decrease of 6.1% compared with July 2015. The United Kingdom produced 0.7 million tonnes of crude steel, down by 27.3% from July 2015.

Turkey’s crude steel production for July 2016 was 2.7 million tonnes, a 6.5% increase from July 2015.

In July 2016, Russia produced 6.1 million tonnes of crude steel, up by 0.9% over July 2015. Ukraine produced 2.1 million tonnes of crude steel, a 10.5% increase compared with the same month in 2015.

The United States produced 6.9 million tonnes of crude steel in July 2016, a decrease of 2.2% compared with July 2015.

Brazil’s crude steel production for July 2016 was 2.7 million tonnes, down by 6% from July 2015.

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The crude steel capacity utilisation ratio of the 66 countries in July 2016 was 68.3 percent. This is the same figure as in July 2015. Compared with June 2016, it is 3.7 percentage points lower.