According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global pig iron production in 2011 amounted to 1.08 billion metric tons, rising by five percent compared to 2010. In December 2011, global pig iron output came to 85.1 million metric tons, increasing by three percent as compared to the previous month and up 1.7 percent year on year.
In 2011, the top pig iron producer in the world according to worldsteel was China with 629.7 million mt, up 6.7 percent year on year and constituting 58.2 percent of global pig iron production.
The top 10 pig iron producing countries in 2011* are as follows:
Country | Volume (x 1,000 mt) | Y-o-y change (%) |
629,693 | 6.7 | |
Japan | 81,028 | -1.5 |
Russia | 48,120 | -0.6 |
South Korea | 42,218 | 20.4 |
India | 38,900 | 0.6 |
Brazil | 33,243 | 5.4 |
United States | 30,233 | 12.7 |
Ukraine | 28,867 | 1.7 |
Germany | 27,795 | -1.8 |
Taiwan | 12,940 | 38.3 |
* The 40 countries reporting to worldsteel accounted for approximately 99 percent of total world blast furnace pig iron production in 2011.