Ukrainian steelmakers increased steel production by 5.7% year-on-year to 604 thousand tons from 571 thousand tons in October this year, but decreased by 0.1% compared to the previous month, when they produced 610 thousand tons.
At the same time, Ukraine took 23rd place in the ranking of 71 countries that are global producers of this product, compiled by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel).
According to Worldsteel, in October 2014, half of the top ten countries, except for Japan, the United States, Russia, South Korea, and Iran, recorded an increase in steel production compared to October 2013.
The top ten steel producing countries in October are as follows: China (81.880 million tons, up 2.9% by October 2023), India (12.456 million tons, up 1.7%), Japan (6.925 million tons, down 7.8%), the United States (6.551 million tons, down 2%), and the Russian Federation (5.6 million tons, down 15.2%), South Korea (4.487 million tons, down 18.3%), Germany (3.217 million tons, up 14.7%), Brazil (3.075 million tons, up 16.2%), Turkey (2.998 million tons, up 0.7%) and Iran (2.960 million tons, down 1.9%).
Overall, in October this year, steel production increased by 0.4% year-on-year to 151.193 million tons.
For the first 10 months of 2024, the top ten producing countries are as follows: China (850.730 million tons, down 3%), India (122.982 million tons, up 5.6%), Japan (70.214 million tons, down 3.7%), the United States (66.666 million tons, down 1.9%), and the Russian Federation (59.435 million tons, down 6.8%), South Korea (52.330 million tons, down 6.4%), Germany (31.581 million tons, up 5%), Turkey (30.905 million tons, up 12.4%), Brazil (28.394 million tons, up 6%), and Iran (24.956 million tons, up 0.6%).
In total, 71 countries produced 1 billion 546.586 million tons of steel in January-October, down 1.6% from the same period in 2023.
At the same time, Ukraine produced 6.487 million tons of steel in 10 months of 2024, up 25.7% compared to January-October 2023. The country ranks 20th in the first 10 months of 2014.
As reported, in 2023, China produced 1 billion 19.080 million tons at the level of the previous year), India (140.171 million tons, +11.8%), Japan (86.996 million tons, -2.5%), the United States (80.664 million tons, +0.2%), The Russian Federation (75.8 million tons, +5.6%), South Korea (66.676 million tons, +1.3%), Germany (35.438 million tons, -3.9%), Turkey (33.714 million tons, -4%), Brazil (31.869 million tons, -6.5%) and Iran (31.139 million tons, +1.8%).
In total, 71 countries produced 1 billion 849.734 million tons of steel in 2023, which is 0.1% less than in 2022.
At the same time, Ukraine produced 6.228 million tons of steel in 2023, which is 0.6% lower than in 2022. The country was ranked 22nd in 2023.
In 2022, the top ten steel-producing countries were as follows: China (1.013 billion tons, -2.1%), India (124.720 million tons, +5.5%), Japan (89.235 million tons, -7.4%), the United States (80.715 million tons, -5.9%), the Russian Federation (71.5 million tons, -7.2%), South Korea (65, 865 million tons, -6.5%), Germany (36.849 million tons, -8.4%), Turkey (35.134 million tons, -12.9%), Brazil (33.972 million tons, -5.8%) and Iran (30.593 million tons, +8%).
Ukraine ranked 23rd in 2022 with 6.263 million tons of steel produced (-70.7%).
In total, 64 countries produced 1 billion 831.467 million tons of steel in 2022, which is 4.3% less than in 2021.
