Global steel production up 4.1% in February

China’s crude steel production for February was 71.0Mt, an increase of 9.2% compared to the same time last year.

India produced 8.7 Mt of crude steel in February 2019, up 2.3%. Japan produced 7.7 Mt of crude steel in February 2019, down 6.6%. South Korea’s crude steel production stood at 5.5 Mt, up 1.1%.

In the EU, Italy’s crude steel production for February 2019 was 2.0 Mt, down by 2.7%. France produced 1.2 Mt of crude steel in February 2019, a decrease of 0.3%. Spain produced 1.1 Mt of crude steel in February 2019, an increase of 2.5%.

The US produced 6.9 Mt of crude steel in February 2019, a 4.6% increase.

Crude steel production in Ukraine was 1.7 Mt in February 2019, up 5.0%.

Brazil’s crude steel production for February 2019 was 2.7 Mt, down by 1.7%.

Turkey’s crude steel production for February 2019 was 2.6 Mt, down by 12.5%.

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