World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 125 million metric tons (mmt) in August 2011. This is 9.8% higher than August 2010.
China’s crude steel production for August 2011 was 58.8 mmt, an increase of 13.8% compared to August 2010.
Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 8.9 mmt of crude steel in August 2011, a slight increase of 0.1% compared to the same month last year. South Korea’s crude steel production for August 2011 was 5.5 mmt, 19.3% up compared to August 2010.
In the EU, Germany’s crude steel production for August 2011 was 3.6 mmt, an increase of 5.3% on August 2010. Italy produced 1.4 mmt of crude steel in August 2011, 25.6% higher than August 2010. Spain’s crude steel production for August 2011 was 1.1 mmt, down -7.6% on August 2010. France produced 1.0 mmt of crude steel in August 2011, an increase of 19.7% compared to August 2010.
Turkey produced 2.8 mmt of crude steel in August 2011, 7.8% higher than August 2010.
The US produced 7.5 mmt of crude steel in August 2011, an increase of 13.8% compared to August 2010.
Brazilian crude steel production for August 2011 was 3.0 mmt, 1.5% higher than August 2010.
The world crude steel capacity utilisation ratio of the 64 countries in August 2011 was 77.5%, 2.1 percentage points lower than in July 2011. Compared to August 2010, the utilisation ratio in August 2011 increased by 3.5 percentage points.