Industrial Minerals


China drives 8% rise in June global steel production

20 July 2011

by Mark Watts

Chinese output up 11.9%; Italy, Turkey, Ukraine and South Korea see strong growth

Keywords: World Steel Assocaition, WSA, worldsteel, refractories, steel production

China continued to drive global steel production in June, contributing to an 8% year-on-year rise in output worldwide, according to data from the World Steel Association (worldsteel).

The 64 countries assessed by worldsteel produced...