In April global pig iron output increased by 5.3% YoY, to 100.77 million tons.
The world leader was still China with 62.58 million tons, up by 7.1% YoY.
Japan produced 6.514 million tons of pig iron, India – 5.535 million tons, Russia – 4.405 million tons, South Korea – 3.45 million tons, Germany – 2.553 million tons, Brazil – 2.4 million tons, USA – 1.875 million tons, Ukraine – 1.525 million tons and Taiwan – 1.22 million tons.
In Q1 the world produced 292.574 million tons, up by 4.5% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)