According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global pig iron production in March this year totaled 90.37 million metric tons, increasing by 11.1 percent compared to February and up by 28.77 percent year on year. This was the highest monthly output volume achieved since October 2008.
Meanwhile, in the first quarter of 2010, global pig iron output came to 257.53 million metric tons, rising by 27.45 percent, compared to the corresponding period of 2009.