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DECEMBER 2004 CRUDE STEEL PRODUCTION
19 January 2005 - International Iron and Steel Institute
| December 2004 crude steel production (for the 62 countries reporting to the International Iron and Steel Institute) |
World crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the International Iron and Steel Institute stands at 90.4 million metric tonnes (mmt) for the month of December 2004. This is 11.3% higher than for the same month in 2003. Asian production reached 44.8 mmt in December. This is a rise of 18.3% compared to December 2003. Chinese production was 26.5 mmt in December, 33.1% higher than for the same month of 2003. Production for the 25 countries in the European Union was 15.5 mmt in December, 6.2% higher than in December 2003.
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The International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI) aims to establish steel as a major foundation of a sustainable world. For the world steel industry this means valuing the interdependence of environmental, social and economic aspects in all decision making, with the aim of improving life for everyone, now, and for generations to come. IISI was founded in 1967. It is a non-profit research organisation with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. IISI is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations and serves as a world forum for the international steel industry. A sustainable world steel industry could not be achieved without the active participation of IISI's membership. IISI currently has a membership of more than 115 steel producing companies and over 60 national and regional steel federations and steel research organisations. The members come from more than 50 countries around the world. The countries in which IISI member companies are located account for over three-quarters of total world steel production. Nearly all the world's major steel producers are members of the Institute. Both publicly and privately owned enterprises, using both basic oxygen or electric arc process routes, are members. |
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