The World Steel Association (WSA) has released global crude steel production data for November 2024. In November, the crude steel production of 71 countries and regions included in the World Steel Association's statistics was 146.8 million tons, an increase of 0.8% year-on-year. From January to November, the crude steel production of 71 countries and regions included in the World Steel Association's statistics was 1.695 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.4%.
Looking at different regions, in November 2024, Africa's crude steel production was 1.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.0%; The crude steel production in Asia and Oceania was 107.4 million tons, an increase of 2.0% year-on-year; The crude steel production of the European Union (27 countries) was 10.7 million tons, an increase of 3.9% year-on-year; The crude steel production of other European countries was 3.4 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.5%; The crude steel production in the Middle East was 5.1 million tons, an increase of 2.7% year-on-year; The crude steel production in North America was 8.5 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.2%; The crude steel production of Russia and other CIS countries+Ukraine was 6.5 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.8%; The crude steel production in South America was 3.4 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.4%.
From the perspective of the top 10 steel producing countries (regions) in the world, in November 2024, China's crude steel production was 78.4 million tons, an increase of 2.5% year-on-year; India's crude steel production was 12.4 million tons, an increase of 4.5% year-on-year; Japan's crude steel production was 6.9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.1%; The crude steel production in the United States was 6.4 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.8%; The estimated crude steel production in Russia is 5.5 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 9.2%; South Korea's crude steel production was 5.2 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.6%; Iran's crude steel production was 3.1 million tons, an increase of 0.1% year-on-year; Türkiye's crude steel output was 3 million tons, up 0.7% year on year; Germany's crude steel production was 2.9 million tons, an increase of 8.6% year-on-year; Brazil's crude steel production was 2.8 million tons, an increase of 1.9% year-on-year.
In November, based on the production of blast furnace pig iron, the production of pig iron in 37 countries (regions) worldwide was 100.83 million tons, an increase of 2.2% year-on-year. Among them, by region, the pig iron production of the European Union (27 countries) was 5.26 million tons, an increase of 7.7% year-on-year; The pig iron production of other European countries was 980000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 19.2%; The pig iron production of Russia and other CIS countries+Ukraine was 4.77 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.6%; The expected pig iron production in North America is 2.22 million tons, an increase of 0.2% year-on-year; South American pig iron production was 2.36 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.8%; The output of pig iron in Asia was 84.44 million tons (including 67.48 million tons in Chinese Mainland), up 3.1% year on year; The production of pig iron in Oceania was 270000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.8%. From January to November, the global cumulative production of pig iron was 1.16 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.6%.
In November, the direct reduced iron (DRI) production in 13 countries worldwide was 10.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.2%. Among them, India's direct reduced iron production was 4.74 million tons, an increase of 7.2% year-on-year; Iran's direct reduced iron production was 2.84 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 15.1%. From January to November, the direct reduced iron production of 13 countries worldwide was 117 million tons, an increase of 5.4% year-on-year.