Production in July on a tons per day basis was 4.415 million metric tons, down from 4.590 in June. This was the first month since February when production was less than 4.5 million tons per day. This is not a seasonal effect. Since January 2008 on average, July production has been about the same as […]
Global steel mill production in May on a tons per day basis was 4.554 million tonnes. The last three months have all been greater than 4.5 million for the first time ever which drove the three month moving average (3MMA) of production in May to another all-time high annual rate of 1.677 billion tonnes and […]
Production in April on a tons/day basis was another all-time high at 4.574 million tonnes. The three month moving average (3MMA) of production in April was at an annual rate of 1.619 billion tonnes with a capacity utilization of 78.5 percent, also a 3MMA, (Figure 1). Capacity is now 2.076 billion tonnes. Table 1 shows […]
Production in March was at an all-time high of 141.3 million tonnes and increase of 15.4 million tonnes from February. This jump has become normal for the month of March which for the last three years was the highest month of the year. The three month moving average (3MMA) of production was at an annual […]
Global Steel Production in February declined by 11.7 million tonnes, normal for that month based on a reduced number of operating days. February steel production was 125 million tonnes, an increase of 0.6 percent from February last year. Capacity utilization on a rolling three month basis through February was 75.9 percent (Figure 1). The annualized […]
Global steel production in December was 129.2 million tonnes, an increase of 0.8 percent from November and of 6.3 percent from December 2102 according to the World Steel Association. The decline in the 2nd half of 2013 was much less than occurred in the previous three years. Capacity utilization in December was 74.7 percent. The […]
Production declined by 5.0 percent from October to 127,364,000 tonnes, partly due to less days in the month but this was also the lowest monthly tonnage since February. Capacity utilization was 74.0 percent. The annualized three month moving average production was 1.576 billion tonnes through November (Figure 1). Capacity is now 2.076 billion tonnes. Global […]
According to the World Steel Association, global steel production rose 1.4 percent in October to 134,262,000 tonnes compared to September and reached a capacity utilization rate of 78.0 percent. The annualized three month moving average production was 1.591 billion tonnes through October (Figure 1). Capacity is now 2.076 billion tonnes. Global production this year has deviated from the […]
Global steel production, September 2013 rose 1.05 percent from August to 132,154,000 tonnes and a capacity utilization rate of 76.8 percent. The annualized three month moving average production was 1.581 billion tonnes in the third quarter (Figure 1). Capacity is now 2.076 billion tonnes. Global production this year is following the same pattern as the […]
In August China’s steel production exceeded 50 percent of the global total for what we believe to be the first time. Global production in August was 130.352 million tonnes with a capacity utilization of 76.0 percent. In three months through August production was at an annual rate of 1.572 billion tonnes with a capacity utilization […]
The three month moving average of global production in July was unchanged from June at an annual rate of 1.596 billion tons. Capacity utilization was 77.5 percent (Figure 1). For the July data, the World Steel Association increased the global capacity to 2.06 billion tons which reduced the capacity utilization value back to Q3 last […]