According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global pig iron production in August this year amounted to 91 million metric tons, decreasing by 3.3 percent as compared to the previous month and down 1.1 percent year on year. In the first eight months of the year, world pig iron output amounted to 746.3 million metric tons, rising by 1.6 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2011.
In August this year, the top pig iron producer in the world according to worldsteel was again China with 53.7 million mt, down 0.4 percent compared to August 2011 and constituting 59 percent of global pig iron production.