According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global pig iron production in January this year totaled 87.14 million metric tons, increasing by 4.11 percent compared to December 2010 and by 1.52 percent year on year.
Of the countries observed, the largest production volume was recorded by China with 48.95 million output, followed by Japan with a 7.35 million mt output.