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World Steel Associaton February 2020 crude steel production

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 143.3 million tonnes (Mt) in February 2020, a 2.8% increase compared to February 2019.

China’s crude steel production for February 2020 was 74.8 Mt, an increase of 5.0% compared to February 2019*. India produced 9.6 Mt of crude steel in February 2020, up 1.5% on February 2019. Japan produced 7.9 Mt of crude steel in February 2020, up 2.2% on February 2019.

In the EU, Italy produced 2.0 Mt of crude steel in February 2020, up by 0.1% on February 2019. France produced 1.2 Mt of crude steel in February 2020, a 1.3% decrease compared to February 2019.

The US produced 7.2 Mt of crude steel in February 2020, an increase of 3.0% compared to February 2019.

Brazil’s crude steel production for February 2020 was 2.7 Mt, down by 1.3% on February 2019.

Turkey’s crude steel production for February 2020 was 2.9 Mt, up by 8.2% on February 2019.

Crude steel production in Ukraine was 1.7 Mt last month, up 1.2% on February 2019.
Source: World Steel Association

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