Steel Products
March 21, 2013
World Steel Production Down in February
Written by Sandy Williams
Written by: Sandy Williams
World steel production in February dropped to 123.2 million metric tons from 129.7 million metric tons in January. China, which accounted for 46.4 percent of total world February production, was at 61.8 million metric tons, down from 63.6 million metric tons the previous month. Compared to the same month in 2012 global production was up 1.2 percent but when China is excluded, production actually fell 6.2 percent.
