Industrial Minerals


Global steel production down 7.8% in January

21 February 2012

by Mark Watts

World production leader China reports 13% drop as Asian output slows

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

Global steel production dropped 7.8% year on year in January as output plunged in China, statistics from the World Steel Association (worldsteel) showed.

The 59 countries assessed by worldsteel, which accounts for 97% of...