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steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel
Association (worldsteel) was 119 million metric tons (mmt) in January
2011. This is 5.3% higher than January 2010.
China’s crude steel production for
January 2011 was 52.8 mmt, an increase of 0.5% on January 2010 (see notes
to editors). Japan produced 9.7 mmt of crude steel in January 2011, up
10.7% compared to the same month last year. South Korea showed an increase
of 24.2% from January 2010, producing 5.6 mmt of crude steel in January
2011.
In the EU, Germany’s crude steel
production for January 2011 was 3.7 mmt, an increase of 4.4% compared to
January 2010. Italy’s crude steel production was 2.1 mmt, up 10.3%
compared to the same month last year. Spain produced 1.4 mmt of crude
steel in January 2011, an increase of 4.1% on January 2010.
Turkey produced 2.7 mmt of crude steel in
January 2011, a 33.4% increase over the same month in 2010.
The US produced 6.8 mmt of crude steel in
January 2011, an increase of 9.4% compared to January 2010.
Brazilian crude steel production in January
2011 was 2.8 mmt, 3.8% higher than January 2010.
The world crude steel capacity utilisation
ratio of the 64 countries in January 2011 was 75.6%, an increase from
73.3% in December 2010. Compared to January 2010, the utilisation ratio in
January 2011 is 0.4 percentage point lower.
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