Global crude steel production down by 1pct YoY in August 2012
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Friday, 21 Sep 2012
World crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 124 million tonnes in August 2012, a decrease of 1.0% YoY as compared to August 2011.
| Country | Aug '11 | Aug '12 | YoY | YTD '11 | YTD '12 | YoY |
| Total | 124,301 | 123,733 | -0.5% | 1007216 | 1018259 | 1.1% |
| Asia | 81251 | 81,794 | 0.7% | 651315 | 660760 | 1.5% |
| EU (27) | 12730 | 12,196 | -4.2% | 120875 | 115734 | -4.3% |
| North America | 10131 | 10,221 | 0.9% | 79235 | 82857 | 4.6% |
| CIS (6) | 9463 | 9,107 | -3.8% | 75397 | 74968 | -0.6% |
| South America | 4143 | 3,861 | -6.8% | 32881 | 31519 | -4.1% |
| Other Europe | 3037 | 3,188 | 5.0% | 24209 | 25526 | 5.4% |
| Africa Middle East | 1592 | 2,836 | 78.1% | 18013 | 23014 | 27.8% |
| Oceania | 668 | 530 | -20.7% | 5291 | 3884 | -26.6% |
In '000 tonnes
The crude steel capacity utilization ratio for the 62 countries in August 2012 declined to 75.5% from 79.4% in July 2012. Compared to August 2011, it is 3.2 percentage points lower.
Source - worldsteel
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