July 25, 2008

Global crude steel production in November up by 4% YoY

World crude steel production for the 67 countries reporting to the International Iron and Steel Institute was 109 million tonnes in November 2007 up by 4% YoY as compared to November 2006. Total world production is 1211 million tonnes for the first eleven months of 2007 up by 7.7% YoY over the same period of 2006.

The growth in crude steel production during November 2007 among regions was again led by Asia as usual

Region	Nov'06	Nov'07	Change	J-N'06	J-N'07	Change
Total	104817	108961	4%	1122530	1206113	7.4%
Asia	58107	60200	3.6%	596216	666935	11.9%
EU 27	16921	17356	2.6%
North America	10133	10961	8.2%	121854	121618	-0.2%
CIS 6	10134	10145	0.1%	108805	113418	4.2%
South America	3771	4108	8.9%	41493	43857	5.7%
Africa	1533	1594	4.0%	16770	17090	1.9%
Middle East	1144	1387	21.2%	13534	14363	6.1%
Oceania	723	747	3.3%	7968	8043	0.9%

In ‘000 tonnes
Source IISI

Among the top 20 nations, China as usual stood first with 39.7 million tonne production of crude steel registering tremendous growth of 4.3% YoY as compared to November 2006.

Rank	Country	Nov'06	Nov'07	Change	J-N'06	J-N'07	Change
1	China	38071	39691	4.3%	385221	446314	15.9%
2	Japan	10006	10114	1.1%	106171	109811	3.4%
3	United States	7411	8040	8.5%	91499	89573	-2.1%
4	Russia	6044	5877	-2.8%	64400	66279	2.9%
5	South Korea	4130	4165	0.8%	44144	46824	6.1%
6	India	4236	4565	7.8%	42313	45149	6.7%
7	Germany	3925	4021	2.4%	43377	44795	3.3%
8	Ukraine	3408	3544	4.0%	37177	39114	5.2%
9	Brazil	2705	2872	6.2%	28255	30776	8.9%
10	Italy	2816	2815	0.0%	29137	29156	0.1%
11	Turkey	1943	2142	10.2%	21259	23321	9.7%
12	Taiwan, China	1664	1665	0.1%	18372	18836	2.5%
13	France	1606	1463	-8.9%	18327	17930	-2.2%
14	Spain	1467	1469	0.1%	17079	17490	2.4%
15	Mexico	1419	1450	2.2%	14894	15805	6.1%
16	Canada	1211	1350	11.5%	14264	14686	3.0%
17	UK	1022	1228	20.2%	12802	13342	4.2%
18	Poland	803	830	3.4%	9190	9812	6.8%
19	Belgium	955	910	-4.7%	10665	9760	-8.5%
20	Iran	830	860	3.6%	8977	9158	2.0%

In ‘000 tonnes
Source IISI