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)