World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 148.8 million tonnes (Mt) in May 2020, an 8.7% decrease compared to May 2019.

In the first five months, coal imports rose by 16.8 percent to hit 149 million tonnes.

The output of crude steel, pig iron and steel in May were 92.27 million tons, 77.32 million tons and 114.53 million tons respectively.

From January to May, 2020, the output of flat steel in the country increased by 13% year-on-year to 945178 tons.

In early June 2020, the key steel enterprises produced 21.0916 million tons of crude steel.

The last time output fell to a similar level was in June 2009, when the output was 2.60 million tonnes, WV Stahl added.

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World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 137.1 million tonnes (Mt) in April 2020, a 13.0% decrease compared to April 2019.