US Crude Steel production plummets to 6.3 million tons in February

 Mar 24, 2015 03:05 GMT   Source:Scrap Register

NEW YORK (Scrap Register): United States crude steel production plummeted by nearly 8% to 6.3 million tons (Mt) during February, as per the latest figures from World Steel Association (worldsteel).  

In the EU, Germany produced 3.5 Mt of crude steel in February 2015, a decrease of -1.6% compared to February 2014. Italy produced 2.0 Mt of crude steel, down by -9.7% on February 2014. France’s crude steel production was 1.3 Mt, a decrease of -1.6% compared to February 2014. Spain produced 1.1 Mt of crude steel, down by -4.4% compared to February 2014.  

Turkey’s crude steel production for February 2015 was 2.4 Mt, down by -12.2% on February 2014. In February 2015, Russia produced 5.7 Mt of crude steel, up by 5.6% over February 2014. Ukraine produced 1.6 Mt of crude steel, down by -33.2% compared to the same month 2014.