According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in the first half of the year world pig iron output amounted to 547.74 million metric tons, rising by 5.78 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2010.
Meanwhile, global pig iron production in June this year came to 92.28 million metric tons, decreasing by 1.15 percent as compared to the previous month and up 7.67 percent year on year.
In June this year top pig iron producer in the world was China according to worldsteel, with an amount of 54.88 million mt which is the 59.5 percent of the global pig iron production.