According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global pig iron production in August this year came to 96.11 million metric tons, decreasing by 1.7 percent as compared to the previous month and up 9.4 percent year on year. In the first eight months of the year, world pig iron output amounted to 734.05 million metric tons, rising by 7.2 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2010.
In August this year, the top pig iron producer in the world according to worldsteel was China with 53.94 million mt, down two percent compared to July this year, which is 58.6 percent of the global pig iron production