The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has reported that for April 2015, the world crude steel production was 135 million tons, a 1.7 percent decrease compared to April 2014.
The United States produced 6.5 Mt of crude steel in April 2015, which is a decrease of -9.8% compared to the same time in 2014. On the plus side, Brazil’s crude steel production for April 2015 was 2.9 Mt, up by 4.4 percent in April 2014.
The crude steel capacity utilization ratio for the 65 countries part of worldsteel was 72.5 percent in April 2015. This is approximately -3.2 percentage points lower than April 2014. However, compared to the figures for March 2015, it is approximately 0.9 percentage points higher.