In Ukraine, 2 mln 061 ths MT of crude steel were produced in September 2015, which is by 14.1% higher versus the same month of 2014, as it is witnessed by the data of World Steel Association (Worldsteel), RBC-Ukraine (РБК-Украина) reports.
As per results of January – September 17 mln 106 ths MT of steel were produced in Ukraine and this is by 20.5% lower than the previous year indicator.
In total, 130 mln 993 ths of steel were produced in 65 countries in September 2015, which is by 3.7% less than the previous year indicator, and for nine months – 1 bn 242 mln 502 ths MT of steel, which is by 2.4% less than the previous year results.
The rating of major steel producing countries for September:
1. China – 66 mln 120 ths MT (-3% versus September 2014).
2. Japan - 8 mln 573 ths MT (-7,3%).
3. India - 7 mln 261 ths MT (-1,4%).
4. USA - 6 mln 682 ths MT (-8,5%).
5. South Korea - 5 mln 615 ths MT (-2,7%).
6. Russia - 5 mln 528 ths MT (-3,2%).
7. Germany - 3 mln 379 ths MT (-3,9%).
8. Brazil – 2 mln 501 ths MT (-13%).
9. Turkey - 2 mln 489 ths MT (-14,1%).
10. Italy - 2 mln 083 ths MT (-3,9%)
11. Ukraine - 2 mln 061 ths MT (+14,1%).
12. Taiwan - 1 mln 760 ths MT (-6,0%).
