World pig iron output down 2.57 percent in April from March

Monday, 25 May 2015 13:52:31 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In April this year, world pig iron production amounted to 99.71 million mt, decreasing by 2.57 percent compared to March and increasing by 0.73 percent compared to the same month of 2014, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately 99 percent of total world blast furnace pig iron production, released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel).
Meanwhile, in the first four months of this year, world pig iron production totaled 389.25 million mt, down 1.64 percent compared to the same period of 2014.
 
In April, pig iron output in Asia amounted to 75.7 million mt, down 1.47 percent, with 59.49 million mt produced by China, decreasing by 2.12 percent, 6.4 million mt produced by Japan, down 3.03 percent, and 4.77 million mt produced by India, increasing by 5.1 percent - with all comparisons on year-on-year basis. Meanwhile, in the same period, EU countries produced 7.93 million mt of pig iron, up slightly, while the CIS produced 6.07 million mt, down 9.8 percent, both on year-on-year basis.

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