World crude steel production was 144.7 million tonnes in February 2025, down 3.4 percent on the year, the World Steel Association reported on 25 March 2025. Output over the first two months of the year totalled 302.0 million tonnes, down 2.2 percent on the same period of 2024. China, the world's largest producer, made an estimated 78.9 million tonnes in February, down 3.3 percent, taking its January-February total to 166.3 million tonnes, down 1.5 percent. China's National Bureau of Statistics publishes combined January-February data because the Lunar New Year holiday falls across the two months. February output was also down about 8 percent from January in absolute terms. The figures confirmed the soft start to 2025 seen in the January data, with weak construction demand in China and sluggish industrial activity in Europe and Japan weighing on mills, even as India continued to expand and the United States held broadly steady.
Source: Steel Prices — https://www.steelprices.com/news/global-crude-steel-output-falls-22-yoy-in-janfeb/480
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