Japanese steel production up 14% in October

Japan's crude steel production, including carbon and special steel, increased in October for eight consecutive months, or 14.3%, to about 8.22, according to data released by the Japanese Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) on November 22nd. million tons. this demonstrates that Japanese mills are maintaining high productivity, ”said a JISF spokesman.

Production of crude steel in Japan in October increased by 1% compared to the previous month, including 6.01 million tons of blast furnaces (blast furnaces), which is 13.4% more than last year, but by 0.2% less than a month and the rest on electric arc furnaces (EAF). ), according to official data, mills grew by 16.6% y /y and by 4.3% m /m.