WSA: India retained 4th position in World Steel Production with highest growth rate in 2012

15-April-2013
India retained fourth position in world steel production with an output of 76.7 MT, despite having the highest growth of 4.3 per cent in steel output among top five steel producing nations in 2012.

There was no change in the top three steel producing nations with China, Japan and the US retaining their slots in the respective order in 2012, World Steel Association (WSA) data revealed.

India was world’s fourth largest steel producing nation in 2011 and 2010 as well with a total production of 73.6 MT steel and 69 MT respectively. It had clinched the third spot in 2009, but the US grabbed the slot since 2010.

The World Steel Association (WSA) expects steel demand in India to pick up and rise by 5.9% to 75.8 MT in 2013 following 2.5% growth in 2012.

Meanwhile, WSA said, “World crude steel production reached 1,548 MT for the year 2012, up by 1.2 per cent compared to 2011. This is a record for global crude steel production. The growth came mainly from Asia and North America which recorded a 2.6 and 2.5 per cent increases in 2012 respectively, while crude steel production in the EU and South America decreased in 2012 compared to 2011.”

Country—wise, China produced 716.5 MT, an increase of 3.1 per cent over 2011 and thereby increased its share of world steel output to 46.3 per cent in 2012 from 45.4 per cent in 2011. Japan produced 107.2 MT and South Korea 69.3 MT in 2012.

Production in European Union recorded a 4.7 per cent dip to 169.4 MT. Germany produced 42.7 MT, Italy produced 27.2 MT and France produced 15.6 MT among others.

Output in the CIS also declined by 1.2 per cent to 111.3 MT. Russia produced 68.9 MT.

Annual crude steel production for South America was 46.9 MT in 2012, a decrease of three percent. Brazil produced 34.7 MT, a decline of 1.5 per cent compared to 2011.

“The average capacity utilisation ratio in 2012 was 78.8 per cent compared to 80.7 per cent in 2011,” The World Steel Association (WSA) said.  

(Source: World Steel Association)

World Crude Steel Production in June 2011 - A Comparative Chart

23-Sept-2011

Global Crude Steel Production

The table contains data of crude steel produced by some major steel producing countries around the world in June, 2011 along with a comparison of steel production for the same period in the previous two years: 

                                         

                                                                    (data presented in ‘x1000’ tonnes of crude steel production)

Steel producing Countries	June’11	June’10	June’09	% Chng May’11/10
Austria	655	636	525	3.0
Belgium	720	710	382	1.5
Czech Republic	481	464	386	3.7
Finland	331	340	262	- 2.8
France	1368	1457	1109	- 6.1
Germany	3866	3857	2514	0.2
Italy	2619	2273	1705	15.2
Poland	775	660	677	17.5
Romania	340	346	169	- 1.8
Spain	1498	1433	1182	4.5
Netherlands	525	559	328	- 6.0
UK	829	793	813	4.6
European Union (27)	15700	15106	11351	3.9
Norway	50	52	53	- 3.8
Serbia	86	155	45	- 44.7
Turkey	2824	2515	2191	12.3
Other Europe	3058	2792	2351	9.5
Byelorussia	220	206	205	6.6
Russia	5600	5405	5122	3.6
Ukraine	2970	2515	2304	18.1
Uzbekistan	65	65	64	0.3
C.I.S (6)	9270	8617	8057	7.6
Canada	1110	1032	697	7.5
Cuba	25	25	13	7.5
Mexico	1686	1318	1220	27.9
United States	7213	7090	4364	1.7
North America	10132	9548	6358	6.1
Argentina	470	421	311	11.7
Brazil	2962	2850	1942	3.9
Colombia	116	106	69	8.9
Chile	160	72	80	121.4
Peru	80	77	41	3.5
Venezuela	261	147	281	77.8
South America	4098	3717	2757	10.3
Egypt	576	535	452	7.7
South Africa	550	721	602	- 23.7
Africa	1191	1366	1257	- 12.8
Iran	1050	1000	933	5.0
Saudi Arabia	450	410	442	9.8
Qatar	165	165	125	0.0
Middle East	1665	1575	1500	5.7
China	59932	53569	49309	11.9
India	5960	5554	5431	7.3
Japan	8885	9356	6883	- 5.0
South Korea	5665	4760	3939	19.0
Asia	82062	74851	66796	9.6
Australia	498	616	361	- 19.3
New Zealand	73	72	67	2.2
Oceania	571	688	427	- 17.0
Global crude steel production in May’11   (64 countries)	127746	118258	100855	8.0

        (Source: worldsteel.org)