Top 10 countries producing crude steel in November

According to Worldsteel, global crude steel production in November 2018 was 148.617 million tonnes (tonnes), up from 140.535 million tonnes in the same month a year earlier. China has provided global growth in steel production. The volume of production in the country increased by 10.8% over the previous year. Chinese production accounted for more than 52% of the total world production. In addition, Japan became the second largest producer, displacing India in third place in November, although India was in second place in 11 months.

The table below shows the steel production data for the top ten producing countries in November 2018:

1.China 77621
2.Japan 8658
3. India 8490
4.US 7425
5.South Korea 5928
6.Russia 5680
7.Germany 3450
8.Turkey 3141
9.Brazil 2844
10.Italy 2186