Tuba Şahin
26 October 2021•Update: 27 October 2021
ANKARA
Global crude steel production dropped 8.9% year-on-year to 144.4 million tons in September, a trade group said Tuesday.
This stemmed from a steep fall from China, the world's top steel producer, said the World Steel Association.
China's steel output dove 21.2% to 73.8 million tons in September.
India produced 9.5 million tons of crude steel, up 7.2% from the same month last year, while Japan's steel output jumped 25.6% to 8.1 million tons.
US steel production soared 22% to 7.3 million tons.
In September Turkey, the eighth-largest crude steel producer, saw a 2.4% rise in crude steel output, reaching 3.3 million tons.
In the first nine months of the year, global steel production climbed 7.8% year-on-year to 1.46 billion tons.
The World Steel Association is a prominent industry group, with its members representing around 85% of global steel production with more than 160 steel producers.
