Metallurgical production leaders in May 2021

The top ten steel-producing countries in May-2021 are as follows:

1.China (99.450 million tons, an increase of 6.6% to May 2020),

2.India (9.2 million tons, up 46.9%)

3.Japan (8.422 million tons, up 42.2%)

4.USA (7.249 million tons, an increase of 47.6%),

5.RF (6.560 million tons, an increase of 14%),

6. South Korea (5.950 million tons, plus 10.5%),

7.Germany (3.475 million tons, an increase of 35.5%),

8.Turkey (3.235 million tons, up 42.4%),

9.Brazil (3.160 million tonnes, up 40.1%)

10.Iran (2.550 million tonnes, up 7.7%).

This is followed by:

Italy (2.210 million tons, an increase of 18.8%)

Taiwan (PRC, 2 million tons, up 13.5%),

Vietnam (1.945 million tons, an increase of 48.5%),

Ukraine (1.851 million tons, an increase of 13%),

Mexico (1.670 million tonnes, plus 44.7%).

In general, in May of this year, steel production increased by 16.5% compared to the same period last year - up to 174.376 million tons.

For five months of this year, the top ten steel-producing countries looks like this: China (473.1 million tons, an increase of 13.9%), India (48.609 million tons, an increase of 33.6%), Japan (39.951 million tons, an increase of 9.1%), the USA (34.773 million tons, plus 10.6%), Russia (31.865 million tons, an increase of 7.9%), South Korea (29.297 million tons, an increase of 6.9% ), Germany (17.013 million tons, an increase of 13.6%), Turkey (16.350 million tons, an increase of 21.2%), Brazil (14.942 million tons, an increase of 20.3%) and Iran (12.520 million tons, an increase of 9.2%).

This is followed by Italy (10.559 million tons, an increase of 27.3%), Taiwan (China, 9.614 million tons, an increase of 6.4%), Ukraine (8.987 million tons, plus 8.3%), Vietnam (8.855 million tons, an increase of 41.3%) and Mexico (7.754 million tons, plus 10.6%).

In total, 64 countries produced 837.473 million tons of steel in five months of 2021, which is 14.5% more than in the same period last year.

As reported, in 2020, the top ten steel-producing countries were as follows: China (1 billion 52.999 million tons, an increase of 5.2%), India (99.570 million tons, "minus" 10.6%), Japan (83.194 million tons, a decrease of 16.2%), Russia (73.4 million tons, an increase of 2.6%), the USA (72.690 million tons, "minus" 17.2%), South Korea (67.121 million tons, a drop by 6%), Turkey (35.763 million tons, "plus" 6%), Germany (35.658 million tons, "minus" 10%), Brazil (30.971 million tons, a drop of 4.9%) and Iran (29.030 million tons , more by 13.4%).

This was followed by Ukraine (20.616 million tons, "minus" 1.1%), Taiwan (China, 20.570 million tons, "minus" 6.3%), Italy (20.2 million tons, a drop of 12.9%), Vietnam (19.5 million tons, an increase of 11.6%) and Mexico (16.854 million tons, a decrease of 8.3%).

In total, 64 countries produced 1 billion 829.140 million tons of steel in 2020, which is 0.9% less than in 2019.