Author: Hitanshi

June output rises 1.3% y-o-y H1CY’26 production remains below last year Japan’s domestic crude steel production reached 6.798 million tonnes (mnt) in June, up 1.3% year-on-year (y-o-y), according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation. Production exceeded the year-earlier level for the third consecutive month, but weak domestic and international steel demand kept the annualised…