Global DRI output up 4.8 percent in June

Friday, 21 July 2017 15:32:20 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 87 percent of total world DRI production in 2013 amounted to 4.85 million metric tons in June this year, increasing by 4.8 percent year on year and falling by 5.9 percent month on month. 

Meanwhile, world DRI output came to 29.03 million metric tons in the first half of this year, increasing by 9.9 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2016.

The worldsteel data show that Iran was the largest DRI producer among the countries surveyed in June this year. Iran’s DRI output amounted to 1.53 million metric tons in the given month. Iran was followed by India, Mexico and Saudi Arabia in May, with outputs of 1.18 million mt, 535,000 mt and 481,000 mt respectively.


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