World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the International Iron and Steel Institute was 119.510 million tonnes in June 2008 up by 5.9% YoY as compared to June 2008.
The growth in crude steel production during June 2008 among regions was again led by Asia as usual.
| Region | Jun'07 | Jun'08 | Change | J-J''07 | J-J''08 | Change |
| Total | 111224 | 118778 | 6.8% | 652585 | 694993 | 6.5% |
| Asia | 61868 | 68253 | 10.3% | 356388 | 389638 | 9.3% |
| EU (27) | 17827 | 18142 | 1.8% | 108293 | 108565 | 0.3% |
| North America | 11138 | 11183 | 0.4% | 65813 | 69136 | 5.0% |
| CIS (6) | 10381 | 10500 | 1.1% | 62291 | 64049 | 2.8% |
| South America | 3930 | 4130 | 5.1% | 23427 | 24741 | 5.6% |
| Africa | 1530 | 1503 | -1.8% | 9200 | 9180 | -0.2% |
| Middle East | 1305 | 1377 | 5.5% | 7648 | 8265 | 8.1% |
| Oceania | 726 | 748 | 3.0% | 4337 | 4586 | 5.7% |
In ‘000 tonnes
Source – IISI
Top 20 nations
| Rank | Jun'07 | Jun'08 | Change | J-J''07 | J-J''08 | Change | |
| 1 | China | 42121 | 46944 | 11.5% | 238154 | 261949 | 10.0% |
| 2 | Japan | 9980 | 10371 | 3.9% | 59418 | 61897 | 4.2% |
| 3 | US | 8240 | 8180 | -0.7% | 48479 | 50754 | 4.7% |
| 4 | Russia | 6139 | 6100 | -0.6% | 36609 | 37720 | 3.0% |
| 5 | South Korea | 4365 | 4672 | 7.0% | 25645 | 27206 | 6.1% |
| 6 | India | 3723 | 4331 | 16.3% | 22885 | 27197 | 18.8% |
| 7 | Germany | 4099 | 4183 | 2.0% | 24548 | 24414 | -0.5% |
| 8 | Ukraine | 3475 | 3690 | 6.2% | 21334 | 22184 | 4.0% |
| 9 | Brazil | 2733 | 2934 | 7.4% | 16328 | 17447 | 6.9% |
| 10 | Italy | 2715 | 2855 | 5.2% | 16552 | 17161 | 3.7% |
| 11 | Turkey | 2094 | 2510 | 19.9% | 12663 | 14208 | 12.2% |
| 12 | China | 1679 | 1935 | 15.2% | 10286 | 11390 | 10.7% |
| 13 | France | 1601 | 1783 | 11.4% | 10521 | 10001 | -4.9% |
| 14 | Spain | 1779 | 1650 | -7.3% | 9755 | 9605 | -1.5% |
| 15 | Mexico | 1424 | 1545 | 8.5% | 8569 | 9338 | 9.0% |
| 16 | Canada | 1360 | 1350 | -0.7% | 7801 | 8421 | 7.9% |
| 17 | UK | 1300 | 1220 | -6.2% | 7411 | 7372 | -0.5% |
| 18 | Belgium | 717 | 960 | 33.9% | 5406 | 6017 | 11.3% |
| 19 | Poland | 967 | 940 | -2.8% | 5545 | 5454 | -1.6% |
| 20 | Iran | 827 | 832 | 0.6% | 4932 | 5012 | 1.6% |
| Others | 9874 | 9793 | -0.8% | 59377 | 60249 | 1.5% | |
In ‘000 tonnes
Source – IISI