Steel & Aluminum

Global crude steel production is estimated to increase to 1.7 billion tons in 2018.  Top steel producing countries include China, India, Japan, Brazil, Turkey, Russia, South Korea and the US.

https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/global-crude-steel-production-forecast-to-exceed-1-7-billion-tonnes-in-2018/

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 131.8 million tonnes (Mt) in February 2018, a 3.5% increase compared to February 2017.

https://www.worldsteel.org/media-centre/press-releases/2018/february-2018-crude-steel-production.html

Top iron ore producing countries include Australia, Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, Canada, US and Iran.

https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/base-metals-investing/iron-investing/top-iron-producing-countries/

Aluminum Exporters - China is the world’s largest aluminum producer and exporter at 32 million tons in 2017. Next is Russia with 3.6 million tons. Lesser producers include Canada, India, UAE, Australia, Norway, Bahrain, Iceland and Brazil.

https://www.bizvibe.com/blog/top-10-largest-aluminium-producing-countries/

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