Crude steel production - world’s top 10

Despite a global contraction in 2019, crude steel production rose by 3.4% according to the World Steel Association (1,869.9 Mt - million tons - compared to 1,808.4 Mt in 2018): Asia and the Middle East are the main driving forces of this trend.

China is the major crude steel producer: with 996.3 million tons, the region accounts for 53.3% of the global production share - up from 50.9% in 2018. India (111.2 Mt, up by 1.8%) and Japan (99.3 Mt, down by 4.8%) take, respectively, second and third place.

The US figures, on the one hand, are positive - the production went up by 1.5%, going from 86.6 Mt to 87.9 Mt. The EU ones, on the other hand, not so much: the amount of crude steel manufactured fell by 4.9%, down to 159.4 Mt.



The table below shows the top ten crude steel producing nations in the world:

Top 10 steel-producing countries Rank Country 2018 (Mt) 2017 (Mt) %2018/2017 1 China 928.3 870.9 6.6 2 India 106.5 101.5 4.9 3 Japan 104.3 104.7 -0.3 4 United States 86.7 81.6 6.2 5 South Korea 72.5 71.0 2.0 6 Russia (e) 71.7 71.5 0.3 7 Germany (e) 42.4 43.3 -2.0 8 Turkey 37.3 37.5 -0.6 9 Brazil 34.7 34.4 1.1 10 Iran (e) 25.0 21.2 17.7
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