According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global pig iron production in February this year came to 89.16 million metric tons, decreasing by two percent as compared to the previous month and up four percent year on year. In the first two months of the year, world pig iron output amounted to 180.54 million metric tons, rising by 2.2 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2011.
In February this year, the top pig iron producer in the world according to worldsteel was China with 53.4 million mt, down two percent compared to January this year and constituting 60 percent of global pig iron production.