In 2021, seven key markets alone used about 503.4 million metric tons of steel scrap for steelmaking, which was an increase of nine percent compared to the previous year. China was the leading market for steel scrap consumption in that year. The country's steel scrap consumption came to over 226 million metric tons.
Steel scrap use in leading markets worldwide in 2018 and 2021 (in million metric tons)
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Bureau of International Recycling. (May 19, 2022). Steel scrap use in leading markets worldwide in 2018 and 2021 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 11, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/247591/global-production-of-steel-scrap-in-metric-tons/
Bureau of International Recycling. "Steel scrap use in leading markets worldwide in 2018 and 2021 (in million metric tons)." Chart. May 19, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 11, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247591/global-production-of-steel-scrap-in-metric-tons/
Bureau of International Recycling. (2022). Steel scrap use in leading markets worldwide in 2018 and 2021 (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 11, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247591/global-production-of-steel-scrap-in-metric-tons/
Bureau of International Recycling. "Steel Scrap Use in Leading Markets Worldwide in 2018 and 2021 (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247591/global-production-of-steel-scrap-in-metric-tons/
Bureau of International Recycling, Steel scrap use in leading markets worldwide in 2018 and 2021 (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247591/global-production-of-steel-scrap-in-metric-tons/ (last visited June 11, 2023)
Steel scrap use in leading markets worldwide in 2018 and 2021 (in million metric tons) [Graph], Bureau of International Recycling, May 19, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/247591/global-production-of-steel-scrap-in-metric-tons/