Global steel output falls for sixth month

Wednesday 22 July 2015

From the World Steel Association:

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 136 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2015, a -2.4% decrease compared to June 2014.

World crude steel production in the first six months of 2015 was 813.0 Mt, a decrease of -2.0% compared to the same period of 2014. The Middle East showed an increase of 2.9% whereas both North America and C.I.S. reported negative growth of -6.9% in the first half of 2015. Crude steel production in Asia declined by -1.5% while it increased by 0.5% in the EU 28. South American production remained the same in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period of 2014.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific's leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.