Stainless steel melt shop production decreased in the first nine months of 2022

by David Fleschen

The world stainless association has released figures for the first nine months of 2022 showing that stainless steel melt shop production decreased by 5.1% year–on–year to 41.9 million metric tons.

 

Stainless steel melt shop steel production [000 metric tons]

Region

Quarter

9 months

+/- %

1/2022

2/2022

3/2022

2021

2022

y-o-y

Europe

1,860

1,767

1,181

5,413

4,809

-11.2%

USA

569

520

500

1,830

1,589

-13.2%

China

8,038r

8,334r

7,263

24,936

23,635

-5.2%

Asia w/o China and S. Korea

1,956

1,930r

1,859

5,769

5,746

-0.4%

Others

2,053

2,030

1,991

6,137

6,074

-1.0%

Total

14,477r

14,581r

12,794

44,085

41,852

-5.1%

Others: Brazil, Russia, S. Africa, S. Korea, Indonesia, r=revised
Source: worldstainless, Foto: Fotolia

 

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