Tag: Japan: Crude steel output drops 8% y-o-y in August

Japan’s crude steel output stood at around 7.3 million tonnes (mnt) in August 2022, down 8% as against 7.9 mnt in the same period last year. The fall in production is due to sluggish demand in Japan and the overseas markets. However, m-o-m production volumes remained largely stable. Daily crude steel production increased slightly to…