On September 24, the World Steel Association (WSA) released global crude steel production data for August 2024. In August 2024, crude steel output in the world's 71 countries and regions included in the statistics of the World Steel Association was 144.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.5%. From January to August, the crude steel output of 71 countries and regions included in the statistics of the World Steel Association was 1.251 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.5%.

In terms of regions, in August, Africa's crude steel output was 1.9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.2%; Asia and Oceania's crude steel output was 107.1 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 8.0%; the European Union (27 countries) crude steel output was 9.1 million tons , a year-on-year increase of 2.2%; other European countries' crude steel output was 3.7 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%; the Middle East's crude steel output was 3.4 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.2%; North America's crude steel output was 9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%; The crude steel output of Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine was 7 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 8.7%; the crude steel output of South America was 3.6 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.8%.

From the perspective of the world's top 10 steel-producing countries (regions), in August, China's crude steel output was 77.92 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 10.4%; India's crude steel output was 12.3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%; the United States' crude steel output was 700 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.7%; Japan's crude steel output is 6.9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.9%; Russia's crude steel output is estimated to be 5.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 11.5%; South Korea's crude steel output is 5.5 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.2% %; Turkey's crude steel output was 3.1 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%; Brazil's crude steel output was 3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%; Germany's crude steel output was 2.9 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.5%; Iran's crude steel output was 1.40 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 9.9%.

In August, from the perspective of blast furnace pig iron production, global pig iron production in 37 countries (regions) was 103 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.1%. Among them, in terms of regions, the pig iron production of the European Union (27 countries) was 5.34 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.2%; the pig iron production of other European countries was 1.16 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.2%; the pig iron of Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine The output is 5.08 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.7%; the pig iron output of North America is expected to be 2.29 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.1%; the pig iron output of South America is 2.47 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%; the pig iron output of Asia is 85.9 million tons (including China Mainland China (68.14 million tons), a year-on-year decrease of 7.0%; Oceania pig iron production was 340,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 8.3%. From January to August, the world produced a total of 855 million tons of pig iron, a year-on-year decrease of 3.0%.

In August, direct reduced iron (DRI) production in 13 countries and regions around the world was 10.47 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%. Among them, India's direct reduced iron production was 4.44 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%; Iran's direct reduced iron production was 3.01 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.2%. From January to August, the output of direct reduced iron in 13 countries and regions around the world was 82.7 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%.