In September this year, world pig iron production amounted to 94.4 million mt, decreasing by 2.5 percent compared to August and declining by 4.02 percent compared to the same month of 2014, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately 99 percent of total world blast furnace pig iron production, released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel).
Meanwhile, in the first nine months of this year, world pig iron production totaled 877.7 million mt, down two percent compared to the same period of 2014.
In September, pig iron output in Asia amounted to 73.04 million mt, down 4.55 percent, with 56.6 million mt produced by China, decreasing by 4.9 percent, 6.63 million mt produced by Japan, down six percent, and 4.6 million mt produced by India, falling by 3.16 percent - with all comparisons on year-on-year basis. Meanwhile, in the same month, EU countries produced 7.23 million mt of pig iron, down 4.6 percent, while the CIS produced 6.52 million mt, up 6.6 percent, both on year-on-year basis.