The output rose 10.3 percent year on year to 370 million tonnes last month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

In late May 2022, key iron and steel enterprises produced 25.5119 million tons of crude steel, 22.5128 million tons of pig iron and 24.9286 million tons of steel.

Brazil produced 2.9 Mt, down 4.0%. Iran is estimated to have produced 2.2 Mt, down 20.7%.

US domestic raw steel production in the week ending on June 4, 2022 down 3.2 percent.

The output jumped 10.5 percent year-on-year in the January-April period, according to the National Energy Administration.

In the week ending on May 21, 2022, US domestic raw steel production was 1,789,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 82.0 percent.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 162.7 million tonnes (Mt) in April 2022, a 5.1% decrease compared to April 2021.

From January to April, the output of crude steel, pig iron and steel in China was 336.15 million tons, 280.3 million tons and 426.82 million tons respectively.