World crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 124Mt in September 2012, recording no change compared to September 2011.

Crude steel production for the 62 reporting countries was 1149Mt in the first nine months of 2012, an increase of 0.6% compared to the same months of 2011. Asia produced 748.6Mt of crude steel in the first nine months of 2012, an increase of 1.5% compared to the same period of 2011. The EU produced 129.6Mt of crude steel in the first three quarters of 2012, down by -4.6% compared to the same period of 2011. The CIS produced 84.7Mt of crude steel in the first nine months of 2012, up by 0.3% compared to the same period of 2011. North America’s crude steel production in the first nine months of 2012 was 92.8Mt, 3.9% higher than the first nine months of 2011. South America produced 35.1Mt of crude steel production in the first three quarters of 2012, down by -4.7% compared to the same period of 2011. China’s crude steel production for September 2012 was 58.0Mt, up by 0.6% compared to September 2011.

Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 8.8Mt of crude steel in September 2012, a decrease of -1.0% compared to the same month last year. South Korea’s produced 5.6Mt in September, up 1.8% compared to September 2011.
In the EU, Germany produced 3.6Mt of crude steel in September, a decrease of -2.2% on September 2011. Italy’s crude steel production for September 2012 was 2.4Mt, down by -7.8% compared to September 2011. France’s crude steel production for September 2012 was 1.3Mt, a decrease of -3.0% on September 2011. In September 2012, Spain produced 1.2Mt of crude steel, -10.3% lower than September 2011.

Turkey’s crude steel production for September 2012 was 3.0Mt, an increase of 1.9% compared to September 2011.
In September 2012, Russia produced 6.2Mt of crude steel, an increase of 15.1% compared to the same month last year. Ukraine’s crude steel production for September 2012 was 2.7Mt, -8.3% less than September 2011.
The USA produced 7.0Mt of crude steel in September 2012, down by -3.0% on September 2011.

Brazil’s crude steel production for September 2012 was 2.8Mt, down by -0.4% compared to September 2011.
The crude steel capacity utilisation ratio for the 62 countries in September 2012 rose to 77.7% from 75.5% in August 2012. Compared to September 2011, it is 2.5% lower.

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