Worldsteel: Global average steel use per capita up slightly in 2012

Monday, 03 June 2013 16:54:32 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

Total global crude steel output reached 1.55 billion mt in 2012, up slightly from 1.54 billion mt in 2011, according to the ‘World Steel in Figures' report published by World Steel Association (worldsteel) on June 1.
 
According to the report which provides essential facts and statistics about the global steel industry, in 2012 world average steel use per capita was 216.9 kg, up slightly compared to the 216.4 kg recorded in 2011. Average per capita steel consumption in Asia stood at 243.5 kg in 2012, rising from 241.4 kg in 2011. Meanwhile, in the EU the 2012 average was down from 307.7 kg in 2011, amounting to 278.5 kg. In the CIS countries, the average was 218.2 kg, up from 211.4 kg in 2011. Per capita steel consumption in 2012 was 281.1 kg in the NAFTA region, up from 243.7 kg in the previous year, while it was 229.9 kg in the Middle East, up from 221.9 kg in 2011. Meanwhile, per capita consumption of steel in Turkey was 381.9 kg in 2012, rising from 365.7 kg in 2011.
 
The top five steel producing countries in 2012 with their outputs were as follows:

 

2012 (million mt)

2011 (million mt)

China

716.5

China

702

Japan

107.2

Japan

107.6

United States

88.7

United States

86.4

India

77.6

India

73.5

Russia

70.4

Russia

68.9

Top five countries with the highest apparent steel use per capita in 2012 were:

 

2012 (kg)

2011 (kg)

South Korea

1,114.1

South Korea

1,165.3

Taiwan

769.8

Taiwan

777.9

Czech Republic

565

Czech Republic

575.3

Japan

506

Japan

506.7

Austria

484.9

Germany

496.6

In addition, the top five steel producing worldsteel member companies in 2012 were:

 

2012 (million mt)

2011 (million mt)

ArcelorMittal

93.6

ArcelorMittal

97.2

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

47.9

Hebei Group

44.4

Hebei Group

42.8

Baosteel Group

43.3

Baosteel Group

42.7

POSCO

39.1

POSCO

39.9

Wuhan Group (WISCO)

37.7


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