December 02, 2008
Global DRI production in September 2007 up by 5.3% YoY
International Iron and Steel Institute have released the production figures for direct reduced iron for the month of September 2007. The global production of DRI in September 2007 was 4.530 million tonne up by 5.3% YoY.
Global DRI production during January to September 2007 amounted to 40.118 million up by 8m9% YoY. India’s production in this period amounted to 13.020 million tonnes up by 18.4% YoY, accounting for 32.5% of total global DRI production.
| Country | Sep'06 | Sep'07 | Change | J-S'06 | J-S'07 | Change | Share |
| Total | 4301 | 4530 | 5.3% | 36842 | 40118 | 8.9% | |
| India | 1290 | 1500 | 16.3% | 10992 | 13020 | 18.4% | 32.5% |
| Venezuela | 771 | 500 | -35.1% | 6415 | 5841 | -8.9% | 14.6% |
| Iran | 642 | 645 | 0.5% | 5194 | 5474 | 5.4% | 13.6% |
| Mexico | 545 | 450 | -17.4% | 4577 | 4525 | -1.1% | 11.3% |
| Saudi Arabia | 320 | 225 | -29.7% | 2761 | 2556 | -7.4% | 6.4% |
| Trinidad& Tobago | 103 | 200 | 94.2% | 1602 | 1532 | -4.4% | 3.8% |
| South Africa | 141 | 158 | 12.1% | 1300 | 1319 | 1.5% | 3.3% |
| Libya | 152 | 120 | -21.1% | 1236 | 1257 | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Argentina | 172 | 130 | -24.4% | 1434 | 1215 | -15.3% | 3.0% |
| Qatar | 73 | 100 | 37.0% | 659 | 760 | 15.3% | 1.9% |
| Canada | 53 | 81 | 52.8% | 306 | 682 | 122.9% | 1.7% |
| Brazil | 34 | 34 | 0.0% | 306 | 263 | -14.1% | 0.7% |
| Peru | 7 | 6 | -14.3% | 60 | 65 | 8.3% | 0.2% |
Source – IISI
