Global crude steel production fell 3.0% year-on-year in August-Steel Plate, Steel Pipe, Steel Coil

On September 22, the World Steel Association (WSA) released global crude steel production data for August 2022. In August, the crude steel output of the 64 countries and regions included in the statistics of the World Steel Association was 150.6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.0%.
In August, the output of crude steel in Africa was 1.3 million tons, up 3.5% year-on-year; the output of crude steel in Asia and Oceania was 112.6 million tons, down 0.2% year-on-year; the output of crude steel in the European Union (27 countries) was 9.7 million tons, down 13.3% year-on-year ; Crude steel output of other European countries was 3.6 million tons, down 18.6% year-on-year; Middle East crude steel output was 3.2 million tons, up 34.2% year-on-year; North American crude steel output was 9.6 million tons, down 5.4% year-on-year; Russia and other CIS The crude steel output of the United States and Ukraine was 6.9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 22.4%; the crude steel output of South America was 3.6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 10.1%.
Judging from the top 10 steel producing countries, in August, China's crude steel output was 83.9 million tons, up 0.5% year-on-year; India's crude steel output was 10.2 million tons, up 1.2% year-on-year; Japan's crude steel output was 7.3 million tons, year-on-year Down 7.4%; U.S. crude steel production was 7 million tons, down 7.1% year-on-year; South Korea`s estimated crude steel output was 6.1 million tons, down 0.4% year-on-year; Russia`s crude steel production was estimated to be 5.9 million tons, down 5.5% year-on-year; Germany's crude steel production was 2.9 million tons, down 2.3% year-on-year; Turkey's crude steel production was 2.8 million tons, down 21.0% year-on-year; Brazil's crude steel production was 2.8 million tons, down 11.3% year-on-year; Iran's crude steel production was 2.1 million tons , an increase of 64.7% year-on-year.
"China Metallurgical News" (September 27, 2022 01, first edition)