Ukraine cut steel output by 12.9 percent in July year-over-year, to 1.81 million tonnes, climbing to 12th position from the 14th in June on the Worldsteel rating of 67 steelmakers.
Most of the top 10 producers, except Japan and Russia, boosted output in July.
The top ten steel producing countries by the end of July were China (74.021 million tonnes, 10.3 percent up), Japan (8.588 million tonnes, 4.3 percent down), India (8.362 million tonnes, 3.5 percent up), the United States (7.071 million tonnes, 5.6 percent up), South Korea (6.159 million tonnes, 2.3 percent up), Russia (5.585 million tonnes, 8 percent down), Germany (3.514 million tonnes, 3.6 percent up), Turkey (3.345 million tonnes, 27.8 percent up), Brazil (2.832 million tonnes, 1 percent up), and Italy (2.12 million tonnes, 1.7 percent up).
They are followed by Taiwan (1.96 million tonnes, 5.5 percent up), Ukraine (1.81 million tonnes, 12.9 percent down), Mexico (1.725 million tonnes, 1.9 percent up) and Iran (1.575 million tonnes, 16.5 percent up).
In July, all 67 countries produced 143.245 million tonnes of steel, which was 6.3 percent up year-over-year.
The top ten steel producing countries in January-July were China (491.553 million tonnes, 5.1 percent up), Japan (60.913 million tonnes, 0.2 percent down), India (58.017 million tonnes, 5.4 percent up), the United States (47.748 million tonnes, 2.1 percent up), Russia (40.495 million tonnes, 0.5 percent down), South Korea (40.868 million tonnes, 3.5 percent up), Germany (25.734 million tonnes, 1.9 percent up), Turkey (21.559 million tonnes, 13.6 percent up), Brazil (19.555 million tonnes, 10.6 percent up), and Italy (14.471 million tonnes, 1.6 percent up).
January through July, Ukraine ranked 12th with 12.314 million tonnes, which was 15 percent down year-over-year.
In January-July, all 67 countries produced 977.321 million tonnes of steel, which was 4.6 percent up year-over-year.
