Global pig iron output up five percent in 2011

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 15:23:43 (GMT+2)

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:

* The 40 countries reporting to worldsteel accounted for approximately 99 percent of total world blast furnace pig iron production in 2011.

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