You are here: Home > Steel News > Latest Steel News > Japanese...

Japanese crude steel output down 0.5% in Aug from July

Thursday, 20 September 2012 11:46:37 (GMT+3)   |  
       

In August this year, Japanese crude steel production decreased 0.5 percent compared to the previous month, while it rose by 3.3 percent year on year, totaling 9.2 million mt, according to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF). In August, Japanese crude steel production recorded a decrease on month-on-month basis after five consecutive months of increase.

Meanwhile, the country's pig iron production in August this year totaled 7.2 million metric tons, increasing by 1.3 percent month on month and up 3.4 percent compared to the same month last year.

In the January- August period of this year, the country's pig iron output stood at 54.6 million metric tons, rising by just 0.6 percent, while its crude steel production came to 72.5 million metric tons, rising by 0.5 percent, both compared to the corresponding period of 2011.

Japan's steel product output tonnages in August 2012:

 

Product

August 2012 (mt)

Y-o-y change (%)

M-o-m change (%)

Hot rolled section

434,200

 5.3

  1.9

Bar

726,200

 0.8

 -10.6

Wire rod

146,800

 17.3

 -0.2

Heavy plate

945,800

-7.7

 -4.4

Hot rolled wide strip

3,858,400

 2.5

  4.4

Cold rolled wide strip

1,817,300

-1.8

  0.9

Galvanized sheet

1,067,400

 0.9

 -0.2

Welded pipe

305,200

 0.6

 -3.4


Similar articles

Japanese crude steel output up 2.7 percent in January

21 Feb | Steel News

Japanese crude steel output up 6.1 percent in January

21 Feb | Steel News

Japanese crude steel output up 4.3 percent in May

24 Jun | Steel News

Japanese crude steel output decreases slightly in 2012

22 Jan | Steel News

Japanese crude steel output down 3.8 percent in Nov from Oct

19 Dec | Steel News

Japanese steel production improves in March

20 Apr | Steel News

Japanese crude steel output down 8.3 percent in Nov from Oct

20 Dec | Steel News

Japan’s crude steel output rises 7.2 percent in May from April

20 Jun | Steel News

Japan increases construction steel output

23 May | Steel News

Japanese crude steel output rises for third straight month in February

23 Mar | Steel News