Global crude steel production in 9 months up marginally YoY
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Tuesday, 23 Oct 2012
World crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 124 million tonnes in September 2012, recording no change compared to September 2011.
World crude steel production for the 62 reporting countries was 1,149 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2012, an increase of 0.6% compared to the same months of 2011.
| Region | Sep '11 | Sep '12 | YoY | YTD '11 | YTD '12 | YoY |
| Total | 122,939 | 123,637 | 0.6% | 1,135,127 | 1,141,645 | 0.6% |
| Asia | 78,780 | 80,285 | 1.9% | 730,095 | 740,785 | 1.5% |
| EU (27) | 14,666 | 14,105 | -3.8% | 135,541 | 129,626 | -4.4% |
| North America | 9,910 | 9,680 | -2.3% | 89,145 | 92,791 | 4.1% |
| CIS (6) | 9,081 | 9,597 | 5.7% | 84,478 | 84,732 | 0.3% |
| South America | 3,900 | 3,600 | -7.7% | 36,781 | 35,058 | -4.7% |
| Other Europe | 3,214 | 3,197 | -0.5% | 27,423 | 28,722 | 4.7% |
| Africa/MEA | 1,661 | 2,661 | 60.2% | 15,282 | 25,554 | 67.2% |
| Oceania | 626 | 511 | -18.4% | 5,917 | 4,378 | -26.0% |
In '000 tonnes
worldsteel.org
The crude steel capacity utilization ratio for the 62 countries in September 2012 rose to 77.7% from 75.5% in August 2012. Compared to September 2011, it is 2.5 percentage points lower.
Source - Strategic Research Institute
(www.steelguru.com)
