{"id":8069,"date":"2024-10-23T14:17:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.h-metal.ro\/blog\/?p=8069"},"modified":"2024-10-23T14:17:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:17:54","slug":"crude-steel-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h-metal.ro\/blog\/en\/crude-steel-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Global crude steel production increased by 3.4% in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global crude steel production reached 1,869.9 million tons (Mt) in 2019, up 3.4% compared to 2018. Crude steel production contracted in all regions in 2019 except Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asia recorded 1,341.6 Mt of steel in 2019, an increase of 5.7% compared to 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China<\/a>‘s steel production in 2019 reached 996.3 Mt, up 8.3% from 2018. China<\/strong>‘s share of global steel production increased from 50.9% in 2018 to 53.3% in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In India<\/strong>, steel production for 2019 was 111.2 Mt, up 1.8% compared to 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan<\/strong> produced 99.3 Mt in 2019, up 4.8% from 2018. While in South Korea<\/strong>, 71.4 Mt of steel were made in 2019, a decrease of 1.4% compared to 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crude steel production declines in Europe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Europe, the negative trend in steel demand in 2019 affected domestic producers. New EU import quota regulations have also disrupted the stagnant steel market in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EU produced 159.4 Mt of crude steel in 2019, a decrease of 4.9% compared to 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany <\/strong>had a production of 39.7 Mt steel <\/a>in 2019, registering a decrease of 6.5% in 2018. Italy<\/strong> produced 23.2 Mt in 2019, 5.2% less than in 2018. France<\/strong> recorded a production of 14.5 Mt of crude steel, a decrease of 6.1% compared to 2018. In the same period, Spain<\/strong> reported 13.6 Mt of crude steel, 5.2% less than in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest producers of crude steel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steel production in North America was 120.0 Mt in 2019, 0.8% lower than in 2018. Under these conditions, the US <\/strong>produced 87.9 Mt of crude steel, up 1.5% in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The figures for the CIS <\/a>show a production of 100.4 Mt, registering a decrease of 0.5%. Russia<\/strong> produced 71.6 Mt of crude steel in 2019, 0.7% less than in 2018. In Ukraine<\/strong>, there was a production of 20.8 Mt of crude steel in 2019, a decrease of 1.2% compared to 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Middle East, 45.3 Mt of crude steel were produced in 2019, an increase of 19.2% compared to 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annual crude steel production for South America was 41.2 Mt in 2019, down 8.4% from 2018. Brazil produced 32.2 Mt in 2019, down 9.0% from 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, steel production in Turkey <\/strong>for 2019 was 33.7 Mt, down 9.6% compared to 2018.<\/p>\n

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