In Ukraine 1 mln 919 ths MT of raw (crude) steel were produced in August 2015, which is by 8.6% higher than for the same month of 2014, as evidenced by monthly data of World Steel Association (Worldsteel), RBC-Ukraine (РБК-Украина) reports.
It should be noted that last time Worldsteel fixed increase in steel production of Ukraine on the annualized basis in June 2014. Since then, due to difficult situation in Donbass, its production was significantly decreasing each month.
According to the results of January-August 15 mln 044 ths MT of steel were produced and this is by 23.6% lower than the last year indicator.
In general, 132 mln 220 ths MT of steel were produced in 65 countries in August 2015, which is by 3.1% less than the last year indicator, 1 bn 079 mln 889 ths MT of steel – for 8 months, which is 2.3% less than last year results.
Ranking of main steel producers, August 2015:
1. China - 66 mln 940 ths. MT (-3,5% compared to August 2014 г.).
2. Japan - 8 mln 801 ths. MT (-5,8%).
3. India - 7 mln 660 ths. MT (+2,8%).
4. USA - 6 mln 999 ths. MT (-9,7%).
5. South Korea - 5 mln 803 ths. MT (+2,8%).
6. Russia - 6 mln 046 ths. MT (-3,2%).
7. Germany - 3 mln 432 ths. MT (+10,7%).
8. Brazil - 2 mln 799 ths. MT (-5,4%).
9. Turkey - 2 mln 563 ths. MT (-11,8%).
10. Ukraine - 1 mln 919 ths. MT (+8,6%).
11. Taiwan - 1 mln 855 ths. MT (-5,7%).
