According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global pig iron production in July this year amounted to 94.4 million metric tons, increasing by 1.6 percent as compared to the previous month and up 0.7 percent year on year. In the first seven months of the year, world pig iron output amounted to 655.7 million metric tons, rising by 2.1 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2011.
In July this year, the top pig iron producer in the world according to worldsteel was again China with 56.3 million mt, up two percent compared to July 2011 and constituting 60 percent of global pig iron production.