According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global pig iron production in September this year came to 89.45 million metric tons, decreasing by 2.7 percent as compared to the previous month and up 8.3 percent year on year. In the first nine months of the year, world pig iron output amounted to 823.81 million metric tons, rising by 7.4 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2010.
In September this year, the top pig iron producer in the world according to worldsteel was China with 52.1 million mt, down 3.5 percent compared to August this year, which is 58.2 percent of the global pig iron production.