According to statistics from the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global crude steel production totaled roughly 156 million tons in April, slightly growing by 0.3% compared to the same month a year ago.

Among them, Asia's crude steel production reached 115 million tons, marginally rising by 0.1% year on year, of which China's output accounted for 86 million tons, basically keeping stable year on year. The crude steel production from 27 EU countries was around 11 million tons, falling by 2.6% year on year. The CIS countries produced nearly 7 million tons, down by 4.4% year on year.

During the period, North American crude steel output was roughly 9 million tons, going down by 0.2% year on year; South American output was 3.3 million tons, sliding by 2.4% year on year. Crude steel production in Africa went up by 7% year on year to nearly 2 million tons, and the output in the Middle East rose by 5.2% year on year to 5.2 million tons.

In the first four months of this year, global crude steel output amounted to roughly 624 million tons, a year-on-year reduction of 0.4%.