According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global pig iron production in May this year amounted to 95.9 million metric tons, increasing by 1.6 percent as compared to the previous month and up 3.2 percent year on year. In the first five months of the year, world pig iron output amounted to 467 million metric tons, rising by 1.5 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2011.
In May this year, the top pig iron producer in the world according to worldsteel was China again with 57.3 million mt, up one percent compared to April 2011 and constituting 60 percent of global pig iron production.