Global 2017 crude steel output rises 5.3% - World steel Association

摘要

World crude steel production eclipsed most forecasts in 2017reaching 1.69 bnt, up 5.3% from 1.61 bnt in 2016, the World SteelAssociation (worldsteel) reported on Wednesday (24 January).It was a good year for the global steel industry and consequentlya good year for global coking coal producers.China, as usual, was the driving force behind most of theproduction and in large part the primary instigator of the year-onyear increase in total steel output.