China's steel production accounted for nearly half of the world total
Statistic revealed by World Steel Association on January 22, local time in Brussels, indicated that in 2009, crude steel production in China amounted to 567.8 million tons, representing a year-on-year increase of 13.5 percent, which was the highest record of steel production for a single country in one year.
China's share in world steel production grew continually. In 2009, China's steel production accounted for 46.6 percent of the world total, 8.9 percentage points higher than 2008.
Statistic shows that in 2009 the world crude steel production reached 1.22 billion tons, a decline of 8 percent year-on-year. The production in main countries and nations took on a downturn trend, except China, India and Middle-east region who witnessed growth in the production.
