World crude steel output hit new record in May, but down in daily basis

World crude steel output hit new record in May, but down in daily basis


World crude steel production record a new highest monthly production of 124m tonnes in May, exceeded the previous record of 121m tonnes in May 2008. Production of all regions is significant higher than May 2009. Especially in North America and EU posed, their production posed more that 50% increase from the last year. Furthermore, World steel output in the first five month of this year has already reached 586m tonnes, up by 30% from the same period of the last year. However, a daily production rate of 4.1m tonnes/day in May was slightly lower than which in April.



Crude steel output

(Unit: thousand tonnes)

May 2010 May 2009 % change

EU-27 16,317 10,790 +51.2

Other Europe 2,842 2,355 +20.7

CIS 9,565 7,643 +25.1

N. America 9,841 5,890 +67.1

S. America 3,698 2,794 +32.4

Africa 1,446 1,187 +21.8

Middle East 1,650 1,435 +14.9

Asia 78,319 63,703 +22.7

Oceania 687 380 +80.7

Total 124,184 96,177 +29.1



Source: World Steel Association