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Posted on 26 Jan 2016

List of largest steel producing nations during 2015

According to latest statistics published by the World Steel Association, the world crude steel output by 66 countries reporting to the Association totaled 126.724 Million tonnes during December 2015. The monthly output declined by 5.7% when compared with December 2014. These 66 countries accounted for approximately 99% of the total world crude steel production in 2014.

The following table lists world’s top ten nations with regards to total crude steel output during December ‘15.

 

 Rank

Nation

Output

1

China

64,370

2

Japan

8,591

3

India

7,286

4

United States

6,035

5

Russia

5,950

6

South Korea

5,900

7

Germany

2,987

8

Turkey

2,671

9

Brazil

2,462

10

Ukraine

1,900

Also, the table given lists world’s top ten nations with regards to cumulative crude steel output during the entire year 2015.

 Rank

Nation

Output

1

China

803,830

2

Japan

105,152

3

India

89,582

4

United States

78,916

5

Russia

71,114

6

South Korea

69,673

7

Germany

42,678

8

Brazil

33,245

9

Turkey

31,517

10

Ukraine

22,933

Note: The above outputs are in thousand tonnes.