In Japan, steel production is falling

According to the data provided by the cast iron and became Japan, in June 2013 the production of steel in this part of the world amounted to 9 million 380 thousand tons, which is 3.6 percent less than in May. This was the first drop in production in Japan since the beginning of this year.

Meanwhile, over six months, the total smelting of steel in Japan increased by 1.2 percent to the APPG-2012 and amounted to 54 million 700 thousand tons of raw steel.

Earlier in May, Japanese metallurgists increased the production of steel, compared with APPG -2012, by 4.3 percent - up to 9 million 622 thousand tons