Crude steel production dips to 9.412 MT in March

02 May 2019 Evaluate

World Steel Association's (worldsteel) has reported that India's crude steel production dipped about 1% to 9.412 MT during March 2019, compared to last year same month's 9.506 MT. India had reported 1.9% fall in steel production in January, while February saw a rise 2.3% rise in crude steel output.

As per report, about 155 MT of crude steel is produced globally in March 2019, up by 4.9% compared to 147.71 MT in March 2018. China's crude steel production during March was at 80.326 MT, up 10% from 73.047 MT produced in March 2018. Japan's crude steel production remained unchanged at 9.1 MT in March. The US produced 7.8 MT of crude steel in March, up 5.7%, while South Korea reported a 2.8% rise in its output at 6.3 MT. In the EU, Italy's crude steel production for March 2019 was 2.3 MT. France produced 1.4 MT of crude steel and Spain 1.4 MT.

The World Steel Association is one of the largest industry associations in the world with 64 countries reporting to it. It represents steel producers, national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. Its members represent around 85% of global steel production.

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