Japan ferrosilicon (Si≤55%) imports up 9.46% YoY in December 2021.

Japan ferrosilicon (Si≤55%) imports up 29.15% YoY in 2021.

Japan ferrosilicon (Si＞55%) imports up 48.70% YoY in December 2021.

Japan ferrosilicon (Si>55%) imports up 31.63% YoY in 2021.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending January 29, 2022 in thousands of net tons: North East: 170; Great Lakes: 624; Midwest: 211; Southern: 716 and Western: 75 for a total of 1796.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 158.7 million tonnes (Mt) in December 2021, a 3.0% decrease compared to December 2020.

Total world crude steel production was 1,950.5 Mt in 2021, a 3.7% increase compared to 2020.

December 2021 crude steel production and 2021 global crude steel production totals