Recently, the world iron and Steel Association (WSA) released the global crude steel production data in January 2022. In January, the crude steel output of 64 countries and regions included in the statistics of the world steel association was 155 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.1%.
In January, the output of crude steel in Africa was 1.2 million tons, an increase of 3.3% year-on-year; The output of crude steel in Asia and Oceania was 111.7 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 8.2%; The crude steel output in the CIS region was 9 million tons, an increase of 2.1% year-on-year; EU (27) crude steel output was 11.5 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.8%. Crude steel production in other European countries was 4.1 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.7%. The output of crude steel in the Middle East was 3.9 million tons, an increase of 16.1% year-on-year; The output of crude steel in North America was 10 million tons, an increase of 2.5% year-on-year; The output of crude steel in South America was 3.7 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.3%.
In the past ten major steel producing countries, the crude steel output in Chinese mainland was 81 million 700 thousand tons in January, down 11.2% from the same period last year. India’s crude steel output was 10.8 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%; Japan’s crude steel output was 7.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.1%; The output of crude steel in the United States was 7.3 million tons, an increase of 4.2% year-on-year; The estimated output of crude steel in Russia is 6.6 million tons, an increase of 3.3% year-on-year; The estimated output of crude steel in South Korea is 6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.0%; Germany’s crude steel output was 3.3 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.4%; Turkey’s crude steel output was 3.2 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.8%; Brazil’s crude steel output was 2.9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.8%; The estimated output of crude steel in Iran is 2.8 million tons, an increase of 20.3% year-on-year.