News from this site On August 23, the World Steel Association (WSA) released global crude steel production data for July 2024. In July 2024, the crude steel output of the world's 71 countries and regions included in the statistics of the World Steel Association was 152.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.7%. From January to July, the crude steel output of 71 countries and regions included in the statistics of the World Steel Association was 1.107 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.7%.

In terms of regions, in July, Africa's crude steel production was 2 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.0%; Asia and Oceania's crude steel production was 112.7 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.4%; the European Union (27 countries) crude steel production was 10.8 million tons , a year-on-year increase of 5.7%; the crude steel output of other European countries was 3.7 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.6%; the Middle East crude steel output was 3.7 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 10.1%; the crude steel output of North America was 8.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.4%; The crude steel output of Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine was 7.5 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8%; the crude steel output of South America was 3.7 million tons, an increase of 6.0% year-on-year.

From the perspective of the world's top 10 steel-producing countries (regions), in July, mainland China's crude steel output was 82.94 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 9.0%; India's crude steel output was 12.3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%; Japan's crude steel output was 7.1 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%; U.S. crude steel production is 6.9 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%; Russia's crude steel production is estimated to be 6.3 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.1%; South Korea's crude steel production is 5.5 million tons, a year-on-year decrease 3.4%; Germany’s crude steel production is estimated to be 3.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%; Turkey’s crude steel production is 3.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.0%; Brazil’s crude steel production is 3.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.6%; Iran’s crude steel production is 3.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.0% The output was 1.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 18.7%.

In July, from the perspective of blast furnace pig iron production, global pig iron production in 37 countries (regions) was 106 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.5%. Among them, in terms of regions, the pig iron production of the European Union (27 countries) was 5.47 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.9%; the pig iron production of other European countries was 1.27 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.3%; the pig iron production of Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine The output is 5.22 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.4%; the pig iron production in North America is expected to be 2.24 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%; the pig iron production in South America is 2.59 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%; the pig iron production in Asia is 88.98 million tons (China Mainland China (71.4 million tons), a year-on-year decrease of 6.3%; Oceania pig iron production was 330,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.8%. From January to July, the world produced a total of 752 million tons of pig iron, a year-on-year decrease of 2.5%.

In July, the output of direct reduced iron (DRI) in 13 countries around the world was 10.61 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.4%. Among them, India's direct reduced iron production was 4.44 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%; Iran's direct reduced iron production was 3.13 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.9%. From January to July, the direct reduced iron production of 13 countries around the world was 72.44 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%.