World crude steel production up 15.2% y/y in March

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 169.2-million tonnes in March, marking a 15.2% increase year-on-year. Global crude steel production for the first three months of 2021 was 486.9-million tonnes, representing a 10% year-on-year increase. While Asia and Oceania produced 356.9-million tonnes of crude steel in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 13.2% compared with the first quarter of 2020; the European Union produced ...

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