Crude steel data of November by World Steel Association

World crude steel generation for the 64 nations answering to the World Steel Association (world steel) was 148.6 million tons (Mt) in November 2018, a 5.8% expansion contrasted with November 2017.

China's crude steel generation for November 2018 was 77.6 Mt, an expansion of 10.8% contrasted with November 2017. Japan created 8.7 Mt of rough steel in November 2018, a decline of 0.5% contrasted with November 2017. South Korea created 5.9 Mt of rough steel this month, up 1.1% on November 2017. In the EU, France created 1.4 Mt of unrefined steel in November 2018, an expansion of 12.8% contrasted with November 2017. Italy's rough steel generation for November 2018 was 2.2 Mt, somewhere near 1.0% on November 2017. Spain created 1.3 Mt in November 2018, a decline of 0.7% on 2017.

Brazil created 2.8 Mt of rough steel in November 2018, down 6.1% on November 2017. Turkey's unrefined steel creation for November 2018 was 3.1 Mt, a decline of 2.1% contrasted with November 2017. Crude steel generation in Ukraine was 1.7 Mt this month, down 11.2% on November 2017.

The US delivered 7.4 Mt of unrefined steel in November 2018, an expansion of 11.8% contrasted with November 2017.

• [Editor:janita]