December 02, 2008
Global DRI production in March 2008 up by 10.9% YoY
International Iron and Steel Institute have released the production figures for direct reduced iron for the month of March 2008. The global production of DRI in March 2008 was 4.885 million tonne up by 10.9% YoY.
India retained the top slot with 1.6 million tonne production accounting for 33.9% of share out of total global DRI production.
| | Mar'08 | Mar'07 | Change | J-M'08 | J-M '07 | Change | Share |
| Total | 4.885 | 4.403 | 10.9% | 14.312 | 12.893 | 11.0% | |
| India | 1.700 | 1.500 | 13.3% | 4.850 | 4.300 | 12.8% | 33.9% |
| Venezuela | 0.560 | 0.606 | -7.6% | 1.835 | 2.071 | -11.4% | 12.8% |
| Iran | 0.635 | 0.626 | 1.4% | 1.687 | 1.806 | -6.6% | 11.8% |
| Mexico | 0.490 | 0.558 | -12.2% | 1.425 | 1.518 | -6.1% | 10.0% |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.427 | 0.310 | 37.7% | 1.229 | 0.911 | 34.9% | 8.6% |
| Libya | 0.180 | 0.150 | 20.0% | 0.523 | 0.435 | 20.2% | 3.7% |
| Argentina | 0.172 | 0.168 | 2.4% | 0.522 | 0.498 | 4.8% | 3.6% |
| Qatar | 0.164 | 0.079 | 107.6% | 0.484 | 0.229 | 111.4% | 3.4% |
| TrinidadTobago | 0.126 | 0.170 | -25.9% | 0.458 | 0.424 | 8.0% | 3.2% |
| South Africa | 0.086 | 0.166 | -48.2% | 0.303 | 0.457 | -33.7% | 2.1% |
| Canada | 00.50 | 0.052 | -3.8% | 0.147 | 0.150 | -2.0% | 1.0% |
| Brazil | 0.030 | 0.010 | 200.0% | 0.072 | 0.070 | 2.9% | 0.5% |
| Peru | 0.010 | 0.008 | 25.0% | 0.029 | 0.023 | 26.1% | 0.2% |
Source – IISI
