SteelMatters – August 2025
The August 2025 SteelMatters highlights global shifts in steel production, SA’s export growth, CBAM challenges, record car sales, and circular economy innovations driving resilience and sustainability.
March 2023 crude steel production up 1,7%
- Published April 26, 2023
Crude steel is steel in its first solid (or usable) form: ingots, semi-finished products (billets, blooms, slabs), and liquid steel for castings. Global crude steel production for 63 countries reporting to World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 165.1 million tonnes (Mt) in March, a 1,7% increase compared to March 2022.
African improved its crude steel production by 8,4% year-on-year to 1.4 million tonnes, while Asia and Oceania increased its output as a region by 4,1% to 124.8-million tonnes. Russia & other CIS + Ukraine produced 7.6 Mt, up 3,0%. South America produced 3.5 Mt, down 7,6%.
Europe, Other produced 3.5 Mt, down 14,1%. The Middle East produced 3.1 Mt, down 17,5%. North America produced 9.3 Mt, down 2,6%.
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