Global crude steel production in January this year decreased by 6.5 percent year on year to 147.3 million mt, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel).
In January, crude steel output in Asia amounted to 107.6 million mt, down 8.6 percent, with China’s output at 75.3 million mt, down 13.9 percent, with 6.8 million mt produced by Japan, decreasing by 0.5 percent, 15.1 million mt produced by India, rising by 10.5 percent, and 5.6 million mt produced by South Korea, moving up by five percent - with all comparisons on year-on-year basis.
EU-27 countries produced 10.3 million mt of crude steel in January, down by 2.3 percent year on year. In the given month, Turkey’s output amounted to 3.4 million mt, up 5.8 percent year on year. Germany produced 3.1 million mt of crude steel in January with a 15 percent increase compared to the same month in the previous year.
The CIS registered a crude steel output of 6.5 million mt, falling by 8.5 percent on year-on-year basis, with Russia’s estimated output at 5.5 million mt, down 7.4 percent year on year.
In North America, in January, crude steel output totaled 9.2 million mt, down by 0.6 percent, with the US producing 7.1 million mt, rising by 3.3 percent, both year on year. Crude steel output in South America in January amounted to 3.4 million mt, decreasing by 1.2 percent compared to the same month in the previous year, with Brazil’s output totaling 2.7 million mt, decreasing by 1.4 percent year on year.
In the given month, Africa produced 2 million mt of crude steel, up by 5.8 percent year on year. In the Middle East, crude steel output totaled 4.8 million mt, moving up by 12.6 percent year on year.
Shares in global crude steel production - January 2026
