|
The
figures below are in thousand tonnes.
|
Pig
iron/Blast furnace iron
|
Jan
|
|
Feb
|
|
|
Austria
|
484
|
|
460
|
|
|
Belgium
|
343
|
|
320
|
e
|
|
Czech
Republic
|
350
|
|
314
|
|
|
Finland
and
Sweden
|
480
|
e
|
444
|
|
|
France
|
826
|
|
783
|
|
|
Germany
|
2,228
|
|
2,370
|
e
|
|
Hungary
|
116
|
|
97
|
|
|
Italy
|
842
|
|
780
|
e
|
|
Netherlands
|
535
|
|
460
|
e
|
|
Poland
|
391
|
|
365
|
e
|
|
Romania
|
140
|
e
|
135
|
e
|
|
Slovakia
|
259
|
|
311
|
|
|
Spain
|
293
|
|
295
|
|
|
United Kingdom
|
453
|
|
400
|
|
|
European
Union (27)
|
7,740
|
|
7,534
|
|
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina
|
47
|
|
45
|
|
|
Serbia
|
72
|
|
80
|
e
|
|
Turkey
|
735
|
|
693
|
|
|
Other
Europe
|
853
|
|
818
|
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
210
|
e
|
200
|
e
|
|
Russia
|
4,120
|
e
|
3,860
|
e
|
|
Ukraine
|
2,473
|
|
2,320
|
e
|
|
CIS
|
6,803
|
|
6,380
|
|
|
Canada
|
600
|
e
|
575
|
e
|
|
Mexico
|
452
|
|
425
|
e
|
|
United States
|
2,775
|
|
2,650
|
e
|
|
North
America
|
3,827
|
|
3,650
|
|
|
Argentina
|
239
|
|
221
|
|
|
Brazil
(a)
|
2,215
|
|
2,127
|
|
|
Chile
|
54
|
|
50
|
e
|
|
Colombia
|
33
|
|
30
|
e
|
|
Paraguay
|
4
|
|
4
|
e
|
|
South
America
|
2,545
|
|
2,432
|
|
|
South Africa
|
420
|
e
|
515
|
e
|
|
China
|
54,265
|
|
53,416
|
|
|
India
|
3,450
|
e
|
3,230
|
e
|
|
Japan
|
6,574
|
|
6,388
|
|
|
South Korea
|
3,508
|
|
3,376
|
|
|
Taiwan
,
China
|
965
|
e
|
900
|
e
|
|
Asia
|
68,762
|
|
67,310
|
|
|
Australia
|
350
|
|
460
|
e
|
|
New Zealand
(b)
|
61
|
|
65
|
e
|
|
Oceania
|
411
|
|
525
|
|
|
Total
37 countries (c)
|
91,362
|
|
89,163
|
|
(a)
- steel industry only
(b)
- electric pig iron
(c)
-
the 37 countries included in this table accounted for approximately 99% of
total world blast furnace iron production in 2011.
|
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