According to data released by the World Steel Association on July 23, world crude steel production in 64 countries reported to the world steel association was 148.3 million tons, down 7% year-on-year.
China's steel output rose 4.5% in June from a year earlier to 91.6 million tons, the report said.
In the first half of this year, global crude steel production was 873.1 million tons, down 6% year on year. Among them, the crude steel output in Asia was 642 million tons, a decrease of 3% compared with the same period in 2019; the crude steel output of EU was 68.3 million tons, with a year-on-year decrease of 18.7%; the crude steel output of North America was 50.2 million tons, with a year-on-year decrease of 17.6%.
India's crude steel production in June was 6.9 million tons, down 26.3% from June 2019. Japan's crude steel output in June was 5.6 million tons, down 36.3% year on year. South Korea's steel production in June was 5.1 million tons, down 14.3% year-on-year.
Germany's crude steel output in June was 2.5 million tons, down 27.3% from June 2019. In June 2020, Italy's crude steel output was 1.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 13.0%. France and Spain produced 800000 tons of crude steel in June, down 34.9% and 31.5% respectively.
Crude steel output in the United States in June was 4.7 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 34.5%.