
Global Steel Production and Capacity Utilization in April 2014
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 […]