Figures released by the World Steel Association show that global crude steel production reached 1.86 billion tonnes for the year 2020, down 0.9% when compared to 2019.
Asia produced 1.37 billion tonnes of of crude steel in 2020, an increase of 1.5% compared to 2019. China’s crude steel production in 2020 reached 1.03 billion tonnes, up 5.2% on 2019. China’s share of global crude steel production increased from 53.3% in 2019 to 56.5% in 2020. India’s crude steel production for 2020 was 99.6 Mt, down 10.6% on the previous year. Japan produced 83.2 Mt in 2020, down 16.2%, and South Korea produced 67.1 Mt, down 6% on 2019.
The European Union produced 138.8 Mt of crude steel in 2020, down 11.8% compared to 2019. Germany produced 35.7 Mt of crude steel in 2020, down 10.0% on the previous year.
In the CIS, production was 102.0 Mt in 2020, up 1.5% on 2019. Russia is estimated to have produced 73.4 Mt in 2020, up 2.6% on 2019. Ukraine produced 20.6 Mt, down 1.1% on 2019.
Crude steel production in North America was 101.1 Mt in 2020, down 15.5% on 2019. The United States produced 72.7 Mt in 2020, down 17.2% on the previous year.
45.4 Mt of crude steel was produced in the Middle East in 2020, an increase of 2.5% on 2019. Iran is estimated to have produced 29 Mt in 2020, up 13.4%.
Annual crude steel production for South America was 38.2 Mt in 2020, a decrease of 8.4% on 2019. Brazil produced 31Mt in 2020, down 4.9% compared to 2019.
Turkey’s crude steel production for 2020 was 35.8 Mt, up by 6% on 2019.
Africa produced 17.2 Mt of crude steel in 2020, the same as in 2019.
Oceania produced 6.1 Mt of crude steel in 2020, down 1.4% on 2019.
