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Saturday, January 22, 2011

India slips to fifth spot in global crude steel production in 2010

Saturday, 22 Jan 2011

According to the latest release from worldsteel, India’s crude steel production in 2010 reached 66.8 million tonnes, an increase of 6.4% on 2009.

Year

Volume

Change

%


2005

45.8




2006

49.5

3.7

8.1%


2007

53.5

4.0

8.1%


2008

57.8

4.3

8.0%


2009

62.8

5.0

8.7%


2010 P

66.8

4.0

6.4%

In million tonnes
(Source - worldsteel.org)
2009

Rank

Volume


1

China

573.6


2

Japan

87.5


5

India

62.8


4

Russia

60.0


3

United States

58.2

In million tonnes
(Source - worldsteel.org)

2010

Rank

2010 P


1

China

626.7


2

Japan

109.6


3

United States

80.6


4

Russia

67.0


5

India

66.8

In million tonnes
(Source - worldsteel.org)




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