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The Pulse

The industry, in numbers.

The measures that tell the steel industry where it stands: production, capacity, and demand, published as their sources release them, dated, and linked. The full board is on the Markets page.

World crude steel output, September 2026

142.4 Mt

Production by the 70 countries reporting to worldsteel, down 0.2 percent on September 2025.

Source: World Steel Association, September 2026 release.

World output, January to September 2026

1,367.5 Mt

Nine months of global crude steel production, down 0.7 percent on the same period of 2025.

Source: World Steel Association, September 2026 release.

China crude steel output, September 2026

73.6 Mt

The world's largest producer, up 0.1 percent on September 2025; 724.8 Mt in the first nine months of 2026, down 2.9 percent.

Source: World Steel Association, September 2026 release.

India crude steel output, September 2026

13.9 Mt

Up 1.9 percent on September 2025; 130.0 Mt year to date, up 5.6 percent.

Source: World Steel Association, September 2026 release.

US raw steel production, week ending 17 October 2026

1,870,000 net tons

Up 8.6 percent on the same week of 2025 and 4.1 percent on the week before.

Source: American Iron and Steel Institute, Week ending 17 October 2026.

US capability utilization

80.9%

The share of US steelmaking capability in use in the week ending 17 October 2026, against 75.1 percent a year earlier.

Source: American Iron and Steel Institute, Week ending 17 October 2026.

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