China’s crude steel production for April 2015 was 68.9 Mt, a -0.7 % decrease compared to April 2014. Japan produced 8.4 Mt of crude steel in April 2015, a decrease of -6.1 % compared to April 2014. India produced 7.4 Mt of crude steel, an increase of 2.1 % year on year. South Korea produced 5.8 Mt of crude steel, a decrease of -6.6 % compared to April 2014.
In the EU, Germany produced 3.6 Mt of crude steel in April 2015, a decrease of -1.9 % compared to April 2014. Italy produced 1.9 Mt of crude steel, down by -8.5 % on April 2014. Spain produced 1.3 Mt of crude steel, a 6.4 % increase year on year. France’s crude steel production was 1.3 Mt, a decrease of -9.0 % compared to April 2014.
Turkey’s crude steel production for April 2015 was 2.8 Mt, up by 3.9 % on April 2014. In April 2015, Russia produced 6.1 Mt of crude steel, up by 3.2 % over April 2014. Ukraine produced 1.9 Mt of crude steel, down by -24.9 % compared to the same month 2014.
The US produced 6.5 Mt of crude steel in April 2015, a decrease of -9.8 % compared to April 2014. Brazil’s crude steel production for April 2015 was 2.9 Mt, up by 4.4 % on April 2014. The crude steel capacity utilisation ratio for the 65 countries in April 2015 was 72.5 %. It is -3.2 percentage points lower than April 2014. Compared to March 2015, it is 0.9 percentage points higher.
_{(Source: World Steel Association)}