World 2013 ferrous scrap consumption nearly 528 million tonnes
The world’s crude steel production totaled 1,607,229,000 tonnes in calendar 2013 up 3.1% from a year ago when its pig iron production totaled 1,164,612,000 tonnes up 4.1% and its DRI production totaled 58,939,000 tonnes up 4.0%. TEX Report applied each production volume in its calculation and estimated the world’s apparent ferrous scrap consumption in calendar 2013 at a total of 528,329,000 tonnes up 0.9% from a year ago.
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