World crude steel production was 127Mt in July, 11.5% higher than July 2010.
China’s crude steel production for July 2011 was 59.3Mt, an increase of 15.5% compared to July 2010.
Japan produced 9.1Mt of crude steel in July 2011, down -.2% compared to the same month last year. South Korea’s crude steel production for July 2011 was 5.7Mt 21.7% up compared to July 2010.
In the EU, Germany’s crude steel production was 3.7Mt, an increase of 5.7% on July 2010.
Turkey produced 2.9Mt of crude steel in July 2011, 19.3% higher than July 2010. The US produced 7.5Mt of crude steel in July 2011, an increase of 10.2% compared to July 2010. Brazilian crude steel production for July 2011 was 3.1 mmt, 8.2% higher than July 2010.
The world crude steel capacity utilisation ratio of the 64 countries in July 2011 was 79.7%, 3.4 percentage points lower than in June 2011. Compared to July 2010, the utilisation ratio in July 2011 increased by 4.9 percentage points.