Posted on 24 Jul 2015
According to worldsteel, Japan produced 8.6 Mt of crude steel in June 2015, a decrease of -6.2% compared to June 2014.
India’s production was 7.4 Mt, up by 0.8% on June 2014. South Korea produced 5.9 Mt of crude steel, down by -3.6% compared to June 2014.
The crude steel capacity utilisation ratio for the 65 countries in June 2015 was 72.2%. This is -3.5 percentage lower than June 2014. Compared to May 2015, it is 0.1 percentage points higher.