Crude steel has completed the smelting process, has not been plastically processed, and is in liquid or cast solid form. Simply put, crude steel is the raw material, and steel is the material after rough processing. After processing, crude steel can be made into cold rolled steel sheet, hot rolled steel sheet, galvanized steel coil,, angle steel, etc.Below is a news item about crude steel.
On October 24, Brussels time, the World Steel Association (WSA) released global crude steel production data for September 2023. In September, crude steel output in the world's 63 countries and regions included in the statistics of the World Steel Association was 149.3 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.5%. In the first three quarters, global crude steel production reached 1.406 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.1%.
In terms of regions, in September, Africa's crude steel output was 1.3 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.1%; Asia and Oceania's crude steel output was 110.7 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.1%; the European Union (27 countries) crude steel output was 10.6 million tons , a year-on-year decrease of 1.1%; the crude steel output of other European countries was 3.5 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.7%; the Middle East crude steel output was 3.6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 8.2%; the crude steel output of North America was 9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.3% ; Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine's crude steel production was 7.3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.7%; South America's crude steel production was 3.4 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.7%.
From the perspective of the world's top 10 steel-producing countries (regions), China's crude steel output was 82.11 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.6%; India's crude steel output was 11.6 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 18.2%; Japan's crude steel output was 7 million tons, A year-on-year decrease of 1.7%; U.S. crude steel production is 6.7 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%; Russia's crude steel production is estimated to be 6.2 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%; South Korea's crude steel production is 5.5 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 18.2%; Germany Crude steel production is 2.9 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%; Turkey's crude steel production is 2.9 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%; Brazil's crude steel production is estimated to be 2.6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.6%; Iran's crude steel production is 2.4 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 12.7%.
In September, 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 1.0%. The cumulative pig iron production in the first three quarters was 987 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%. Among them, in terms of regions, in September, the pig iron production of the European Union (27 countries) was 5.31 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.6%; the pig iron production of other European countries was 1.13 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.6%; Russia and other CIS countries+ Ukraine's pig iron production is 5.21 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%; North America's pig iron production is expected to be 2.42 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.2%; South America's pig iron production is 2.28 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.5%; Asia's pig iron production is 88.54 million tons (71.54 million tons in mainland China), a year-on-year increase of 1.2%; Oceania pig iron production was 310,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.5%. In September, the output of direct reduced iron (DRI) in 13 countries around the world was 10.23 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%. In the first three quarters, direct reduced iron production was 87.74 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%. Among them, in September, India's direct reduced iron production was 4.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 21.8%; Iran's direct reduced iron production was 3.16 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.3%.
Post time: Nov-03-2023