In January-March the world pig iron production increased by 4.5% YoY, to 292.574 million tons.

In March the world produced 102.11 million tons of pig iron, up by 2.8% YoY. The Top-10 of world producers is headed by China with 62 million tons. Japan comes second with 6.563 million tons, followed by India (5.8 million tons), Russia (4,48 million tons), South Korea (4 million tons), Germany (2.45 million tons), Brazil (2.28 million tons), USA (2.13 million tons), Ukraine (2.03 million tons) and Taiwan (1.26 million tons).

In February Ukraine was on the 8th position.

In Q1 Ukraine produced 5.054 million tons of pig iron, down by 14% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)

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