Steel in Asia

Steelmaking methods Production (thousand tonnes)
Oxygen-blown Converters 1,092,922 in 2019 World Steel Association
Electric arc furnace 252,622 in 2019 World Steel Association
Open hearth furnace 35 in 2014 World Steel Association
Commodities Indicators
Production 118,616 thousand metric tonnes on Dec 2020 World Steel Association + 1 other
Country
Armenia Production 2 timeseries
Azerbaijan Production 5 timeseries
Bangladesh Production 4 timeseries
China 88,300 thousand metric tonnes on Mar 2024 World Steel Association + 1 other
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Production 2 timeseries
Georgia Production 3 timeseries
Hong Kong Production 2 timeseries
India 12,700 thousand metric tonnes on Mar 2024 World Steel Association + 1 other
Indonesia 16,800 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Iraq Production 1 timeseries
Japan 7,200 thousand metric tonnes on Mar 2024 World Steel Association + 1 other
Kazakhstan 3,923.3 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Kyrgyzstan Production 1 timeseries
Malaysia 7,504 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Mongolia Production 4 timeseries
Myanmar Production 4 timeseries
Oman Production 1 timeseries
Pakistan Production 7 timeseries
Philippines 1,650 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Republic of Korea 5,300 thousand metric tonnes on Mar 2024 World Steel Association + 1 other
Singapore 465.19 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Sri Lanka Production 4 timeseries
Taiwan Province of China 19,149.18 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Tajikistan Production 2 timeseries
Thailand 4,976.26 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Turkmenistan Production 1 timeseries
Uzbekistan Production 7 timeseries
Viet Nam 19,214.83 thousand tonnes in 2023 World Steel Association + 1 other
Commodities Natural resources Metals
Iron 1,085,600 thousand tonnes in 2022 World Steel Association
Steel Production 9 timeseries
Tin Production 1 timeseries
Commodities Natural resources Metals Steel (thousand tonnes)
Apparent steel use 1,318,331 in 2019 World Steel Association
Continuously-cast Production 1 timeseries
Finished steel products Apparent steel use 2 timeseries
Liquid Production 1 timeseries
Semi-finished and Finished Steel Products 171,549 in 2019 World Steel Association