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Global crude steel production for the 70 worldsteel countries/territories in June 2025 was 151.4 million tonnes, a decrease of 5.8% year-on-year.

Global crude steel production in June 2025

Global crude steel production for the 70 worldsteel countries/territories in June 2025 was 151.4 million tonnes, a decrease of 5.8% year-on-year.

Crude Steel Production by Region

In June 2025, Africa produced 1.7 million tonnes of crude steel, a 3.0% increase year-on-year; Asia and Oceania produced 112.9 million tonnes of crude steel, a 6.2% decrease year-on-year; the EU (27) produced 10.4 million tonnes of crude steel, a 8.2% decrease year-on-year; Other European countries produced 3.3 million tonnes of crude steel, a 8.4% decrease year-on-year; the Middle East produced 4.3 million tonnes of crude steel, a 4.9% decrease year-on-year; North America produced 8.7 million tonnes of crude steel, a 1.2% increase year-on-year; Russia and the CIS + Ukraine produced 6.7 million tonnes of crude steel, a 8.8% decrease year-on-year; and South America produced 3.5 million tonnes of crude steel, a 1.3% increase year-on-year.

Table 1: Crude Steel Production by Region

The 70 countries and regions reported data for 2024, accounting for 98% of global crude steel production. Countries and regions included in the table:

Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia

Asia and Oceania: Australia, China, India, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

European Union (27 countries): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Other European countries: Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Middle East: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

North America: Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, United States

Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine

South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

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By June 2025,

China's crude steel output was 83.18 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 9.2%;

India's crude steel output was 13.6 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 13.3%;

Japan's crude steel output was 6.7 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.4%;

The United States' crude steel output was 6.9 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%;

Russia's crude steel output was estimated to be 5.6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.4%;

South Korea's crude steel output was 5 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.8%;

Turkey's crude steel output was 2.9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.5%;

Germany's crude steel output was 2.7 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 15.9%;

Brazil's crude steel output was 2.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.5%;

Iran's crude steel output was estimated to be 2.2 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 15.5%.

Table 2: Top Ten Countries by Crude Steel Production

Estimated value. Ranking is based on the cumulative crude steel output for the year.