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September 2013 Crude Steel Production

World crude steel production for the 65 reporting countries was 1186 Mt in the first nine months of 2013, an increase of 2,7 % compared to the same months of 2012. Asia produced 795,1 Mt of crude steel in the first three quarters of 2013, an increase of 5,9 % compared to the same period of 2012. The EU produced 123,8 Mt of crude steel in the first nine months of 2013, down by –4,2 % on the same months of 2012. North America’s crude steel production in the first three quarters of 2013 was 88,9 Mt, a decrease of –4,1 % compared to the same period of 2012. The C.I.S produced 81,5 Mt of crude steel in the first nine months of 2013, down by –3,4 % on the same months of 2012. South America produced 34,8 Mt of crude steel production in the first three quarters of 2013, down by –1,2 % compared to the same period of 2012. China’s crude steel production for September 2013 was 65,4 Mt, up by 11 % compared to September 2012. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 9,3 Mt of crude steel in September 2013, an increase of 5,5 % over September 2012. South Korea’s crude steel production was 5,2 Mt in September 2013, down by –8,7 % on September 2012. In the EU, Germany produced 3,6 Mt of crude steel in September 2013, an increase of 1,4 % compared to September 2012. Italy produced 2,1 Mt of crude steel, –10,4 % less compared to September 2012. France’s crude steel production was 1,4 Mt, up by 7,4 % on September 2012. Spain’s production was 1,3 Mt, an increase of 5,9 % on 2012 September. Turkey’s crude steel production for September 2013 was 3 Mt, down by –1,2 % on September 2012. The US produced 7,2 Mt of crude steel in September 2013, up by 6,3 % compared to September 2012. The crude steel capacity utilisation ratio for the 65 countries in September 2013 was 79,3 % and it is 2,1 %higher compared to September 2012. It is 3,4 % higher than August 2013. (Source: worldsteel)


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