According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global pig iron production in February this year came to 86.05 million metric tons, decreasing by 4.93 percent as compared to the previous month and up 8.15 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the first two months of 2011 world pig iron output amounted to 176.57 million metric tons, rising by 6.75 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2010.