The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has reported that for April 2018 the world steel association production for the 64 countries (who report to the association) was 148.3 million tons (MT), which was a 4.1 % increase compared to the statistics in April 2017.
The US produced 6.9 Mt of crude steel in April 2018, an increase of 3.6% compared to April 2017. Brazils crude steel production for April 2018 was 3.0 Mt, up by 1.9% on April 2017.
Chinas crude steel production for April 2018 was 76.7 Mt, an increase of 4.8% compared to April 2017. Japan produced 8.7 Mt of crude steel in April 2018, down 0.4% on April 2017. India produced 8.7 Mt of crude steel in April 2018, an increase of 5.6% compared to April 2017. South Koreas crude steel production was 5.9 Mt in April 2018, an increase of 7.1% on April 2017. In the EU, Italy produced 2.1 Mt of crude steel, up by 3.7% on April 2017. France produced 1.4 Mt of crude steel, up by 10.7% compared to April 2017. Spain produced 1.3 Mt of crude steel, up by 7.5% on April 2017.
The crude steel capacity utilization ratio of the 64 countries in April 2018 was 76.9%. This is 2.4 percentage points higher than April 2017. Compared to March 2018, it is 2.4 percentage points higher.
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