China adds 53 million tonnes crude steel production in 2010

Saturday, 22 Jan 2011

According to the latest release from worldsteel, China’s crude steel production in 2010 reached 626.7 million tonnes, an increase of 9.3% on 2009.
China’s share of world crude steel production declined from 46.7% in 2009 to 44.3% in 2010.

Year	Volume	Change	%
2005	353.2
2006	419.1	65.9	18.7%
2007	489.3	70.2	16.8%
2008	500.3	11.0	2.2%
2009	573.6	73.3	14.7%
2010 P	626.7	53.1	9.3%

In million tonnes (Source - worldsteel.org)