Crude steel production by month in China 2018-2019
The statistic shows the crude steel production in China from December 2018 to December 2019. In December 2019, China had produced around 84.27 million metric tons of crude steel.
Metal fabrication in China – additional information
Over the past two decades, Chinese steel industry has increased its output significantly and has grown into the world’s largest crude steel producing country, accounting for almost 50 percent of the world’s production as of 2018. Among the top 10 global steelmakers, six companies were from China in 2018. These large state-owned enterprises have dominated the Chinese steel industry. Baosteel alone had produced around 67.43 million metric tons of raw steel in 2018.
With a total land area of 9.6 million square kilometers, China is one of the largest countries worldwide and in possession of large mineral deposits. China was by far the leading hard coal producing country worldwide, with a hard coal production volume of almost 3.24 billion metric tons in 2017. As of 2018, China has been the world’s largest aluminum producer with a total smelter production of approximately 33 million metric tons of aluminum. Also, China has the world’s largest reserves of zinc, antimony and many other nonferrous metals. Its annual production of rare earths far exceeded the total for the rest of the world.
Metal fabrication in China – additional information
Over the past two decades, Chinese steel industry has increased its output significantly and has grown into the world’s largest crude steel producing country, accounting for almost 50 percent of the world’s production as of 2018. Among the top 10 global steelmakers, six companies were from China in 2018. These large state-owned enterprises have dominated the Chinese steel industry. Baosteel alone had produced around 67.43 million metric tons of raw steel in 2018.
With a total land area of 9.6 million square kilometers, China is one of the largest countries worldwide and in possession of large mineral deposits. China was by far the leading hard coal producing country worldwide, with a hard coal production volume of almost 3.24 billion metric tons in 2017. As of 2018, China has been the world’s largest aluminum producer with a total smelter production of approximately 33 million metric tons of aluminum. Also, China has the world’s largest reserves of zinc, antimony and many other nonferrous metals. Its annual production of rare earths far exceeded the total for the rest of the world.
