World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 133Mt in September 2013, an increase of 6.1% compared to September 2012.
The figure for the first nine months of 2013 was 1.1 billion tonnes, a 2.7% increase when compared with the same period in 2012.
Asia produced 795.1Mt of crude steel in the first three quarters of 2013, an increase of 5.9% compared to the same period of 2012. The EU produced 123.8Mt of crude steel in the first nine months of 2013, down by -4.2% on the same months of 2012. North America’s crude steel production in the first three quarters of 2013 was 88.9Mt, a decrease of -4.1% compared to the same period of 2012. The C.I.S produced 81.5Mt of crude steel in the first nine months of 2013, down by -3.4% on the same months of 2012. South America produced 34.8Mt of crude steel production in the first three quarters of 2013, down by -1.2% compared to the same period of 2012.
China’s crude steel production for September 2013 was 65.4Mt, up by 11% compared to September 2012. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 9.3Mt of crude steel in September 2013, an increase of 5.5%, and South Korea’s crude steel production was 5.2 Mt in September 2013, down by -8.7% on the same period last year.
In the EU, Germany produced 3.6Mt of crude steel in September 2013, an increase of 1.4% compared to September 2012. Italy produced 2.1 Mt of crude steel,
-10.4% less compared to September 2012. France’s crude steel production was 1.4Mt, up by 7.4% on September 2012. Spain’s production was 1.3Mt, an increase of 5.9% on 2012 September.
Turkey’s September 2013 production figure for crude steel was 3Mt, down by -1.2% on September 2012.
The US produced 7.2Mt of crude steel in September 2013, up by 6.3% compared to September 2012.
The crude steel capacity utilisation ratio for the 65 countries in September 2013 was 79.3% which is 2.1% higher than September 2012 figures and 3.4% higher than August 2013.