Pig Iron

According to Worldsteel, for two months of 2020 steelmaking countries of the world had produced 221.64 Mt of the pig iron, of which 205.69 Mt by BFs and 15.95 Mt as DRI. This exceeds the analogue period of 2018 (219.92 Mt) on 0.78%.

The first place belongs to China, steelmakers of which in Jan-Feb 2020 had produced 132.35 Mt that exceeds the same period of 2019 (128.41 Mt) on 3.06%. The share of the Chinese pig iron in the world production for Jan-Feb 2020 is 59.7%.

Ukraine raised to the 9^th position among 40 world pig iron producers (3.36 Mt or 99.3% to Jan-Feb 2019), shifting USA to the 10^th position (3.35 Mt or 87.2% to Jan-Feb 2019).

Positions of other leading countries are same as before.

Steel

The steel world production in Jan-Feb of 2020 is 293.08 Mt that is 0.71% more than for Jan-Feb 2019 (291.03 Mt).

China is a leader of the world steel production as well – Chinese steelmakers had produced 154.70 Mt that exceeds the steel production in China in the same period of 2019 (150.09 Mt) on 3.07%. The share of China in the world steel production is 52.8%.

Germany (6.04 Mt or 89.1% to Jan-Feb 2019) raised from the 9^th to the 7^th position, shifting Turkey (5.87 Mt or 112.7%), that moved to the 8^th position, shifting Iran (5.61 Mt or 140.5%) to the 9^th position.

Positions of other leading countries are same as before

Among 64 world steelmaking countries, Ukraine occupies the 12^th position (3.55 Mt or 100.4% to Jan-Feb 2019).