In 2024, the world produced 1.86 billion tons of unrefined steel, 1% less than in 2023. 98% of the world’s crude steel production comes from 71 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel), which includes Kazakhstan. Steel remains a backbone material for the global economy, determining the level of industrialization, the rate of infrastructure…
In February, four CIS countries produced 6.7 million tons of steel, down by 2.5% YoY. In January, output totaled 7.2 million tons. Thus, over the first two months CIS countries produced 13.9 million tons of steel, down by 0.7% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In November Russia produced 12.7 thousand tons of stainless steel and semi-finished products, up by 9.1% YoY, but down by 11.6% MoM. In 11 months output dropped by 14.6% YoY. Unalloyed steel manufacture in November decreased by 6.4% YoY and by 3.2% MoM, to 4.6 million tons, with 11 months output down by 1.4%. (Ukrainian…
In March, Russia produced 5.79 million tons of steel, down by 6.9% YoY. In 3 months output totaled 16.81 million tons, down by 5.3% YoY. Ukraine, though no longer a part of CIS, increased output in March by 15%, to 1.968 million tons, with 5.507 million tons produced in 3 months, up by 4.6%. Kazakhstan…
In the first quarter of this year, the production of crude steel in Kazakhstan decreased by 2.7% YoY, to 1.1 million tons. Karaganda region provided 965,000 tons or 85% of the total production, down by 3.7%. Within a general decline in the production of crude steel, the production of unalloyed steel decreased by 2.7%, while…
In January-March, Russia decreased production of unalloyed steel and semi-finished products by 0.2% YoY. In March the output totaled 4.8 million tons, down by 7.4% YoY and by 0.1% MoM. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, stainless steel manufacture dropped by 14.3% YoY, but grew by 13.4% MoM, to 14.3 thousand tons. In…
In January Russia produced 5.79 million tons of steel, down by 4.5% YoY (5.87 million tons in December 2018). Ukraine, no longer a part of CIS, decreased output by 4.9%, to 1.85 million tons (1.885 million tons). Kazakhstan produced 360 thousand tons, down by 5.5% YoY (380 thousand tons). In January Belarus manufactured 220 thousand…
In December 2018 Russia produced 5.87 million tons of steel, down by 5.9% YoY (5.68 million tons in November 2018). In the whole year steel manufacture increased by 0.3% YoY, to 71.68 million tons. Ukraine, though no longer a part of CIS, decreased steel output in December 2018 by 0.6%, to 1.885 million tons (1.659…