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The latest edition of our BIR report “World Steel Recycling in Figures”, which covers the five- year period between 2017 and 2021, highlights the global importance of ferrous scrap as a raw material for the world’s steelworks and for its iron and steel foundries.
- BIR - Ferrous - World Steel Recycling in Figures
Global crude steel production totalled 486.9 million tonnes...
- BIR - Ferrous - World Steel Recycling in Figures
In 2023, 94 steel companies and associations contributed to the Sustainability Indicators data collection. Crude steel produced by companies that reported on one or more indicators for fiscal year 2022 was 990.2 million tonnes, representing 53% of global crude steel production. 77 organisations voluntarily provided data for one or more of
Global crude steel production totalled 486.9 million tonnes in the first three months of 2021 for an increase of 10% over the same period in 2020. According to worldsteel, Asia and Oceania alone produced 356.9 million tonnes of crude steel in the first quarter of 2021 - an increase of 13.2% compared to last year.
6 days ago · For January-June 2020, total steel scrap use in the key countries and regions covered by BIR was 209.834 million tonnes, a 10.5% decrease from the 243.536 million tonnes for the same period of 2019. All the countries and regions recorded a year-on-year downtrend.
- Michael Brunn
Nov 3, 2022 · Among key countries and regions, there was a decrease in steel scrap usage of 8.4 per cent to 248.789 million tonnes in the first half of 2022, while related crude steel production was down 6.1 per cent at 777.235 million tonnes.
The EU-28’s internal steel scrap exports totalled 29.090 million tonnes last year (-1.4% compared to 2017). In 2018, an upturn was apparent in steel scrap exports from Russia (+4.2% to 5.542 million tonnes) and Canada (+15.8% to 5.107 million tonnes).
The BIR Facts & Figures are a series of publications on of the most important recycling dataand statistics for certain commodities over the years. World Steel Recycling in Figures 2019-2023 Log-in to download the latest edition (BIR members only)
