VIJAYWADA: India’s crude

rose 3.5% in the first nine months from January to September of calendar year 2019 to 84.18 million tonnes compared to the 81.31 million tonnes in the same period of last year, according to figures compiled by the

, worldsteel.

India produced 8.96 million tonnes of crude steel in September, an increase of 1.6% over the same month in 2018, the Brussels, Belgium-based worldsteel said in a press release emailed to TOI on Friday.

“World crude steel production was 1,391.2 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2019, up by 3.9% compared to the same period in 2018. Asia produced 1,000.1 million tonnes of crude steel, an increase of 6.3% over the first nine months of 2018,” the release said.

“World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to worldsteel was 151.5 million tonnes in September 2019, a 0.3% decrease compared to September 2018,” it added.

According to the release, China’s crude steel production for September 2019 was 82.8 million tonnes, an increase of 2.2% compared to September 2018. Japan produced 8.0 million tonnes of crude steel in September 2019, down 4.5% on September 2018. South Korea’s crude steel production was 5.7 million tonnes in September 2019, a decrease of 2.7% on September 2018.

Worldsteel is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world, with members in every major steel-producing country. It represents steel producers, national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. Members represent around 85% of global steel production, the release said.