According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global pig iron production in June this year amounted to 93.4 million metric tons, decreasing by 3.1 percent as compared to the previous month and up one percent year on year. In the first half of the year, world pig iron output amounted to 562.3 million metric tons, rising by 2.5 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2011.
In the first half of this year, the top pig iron producer in the world according to worldsteel was again China with 335 million mt, up 4.1 percent compared to January-June 2011 and constituting 60 percent of global pig iron production.