World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 140.7 million tonnes (Mt) in December 2022, a 10.8% decrease compared to December 2021.

OTTAWA--Canadian factory sales were flat in November as shipments of durable goods such as motor vehicles and fabricated metal products were offset by a fall in sales of non-durable goods including chemicals and petroleum and coal products.

Bank Indonesia (BI) expected full-year 2022 economic growth to be at 5.25% and for 2023 growth to slow to 5.03%, his presentation slide for a forum with provincial governments showed.

Mining production in Mexico is estimated to have remained flat in 2022, affected in part by the weakening of construction and the steel industry, according to the head of economics think tank IDIC, José Luis de la Cruz.

For all of 2022, exports were worth $291.98 billion, a historic high for annual shipments and 26.07% higher than in 2021.

Most of the capital goods in China posted lower prices in late December compared with mid-December of 2022, official data shows.

Specifically, the industrial output of manufacturing increased by about 3.1 percent last year, according to the ministry.

Payment clearing and reconciliation services company BankservAfrica's Economic Transactions Index (BETI) for December 2022 improved despite the ongoing, dismal economic context, rising to 132.1 following six consecutive months of declines in the index.