United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Crude Steel—Iron Ore 875
No. 1539. C r u d e Steel P r o d u c tio n a n d C o n s u m p tio n : 1975 t o 1980
[Production data cover both ingots and steel for castings and exclude wrought (puddled) iron. Consumption data represent
apparent consumption (i.e. production plus imports minus exports) and do not take into account changes in stocks]
COUNTRY
production (mil. metric tons)
1975 1978 1979 1980
CONSUMPTION
Total (mil. metric tons)
Per capita (kilograms)
1975 1978 1979 1980 1975 1978 1979 1980
World............................. 648,2 712.3 740.8 706.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
United States....................... '105.8 1124.3 ‘ 123.7 '101.4 116.8 146.4 140.9 115.6 549 672 640 506
Argentina............................ 2.0 2.6 3.1 2.6 4.3 3.5 4.1 3.8 168 131 154 140
Australia............................. "7.9 "7.5 "7.5 "7.9 6.3 5.1 5.8 6,1 467 358 402 416
Austria................................ 4.0 4,3 4.9 4.6 2.2 2.7 2.7 2.7 286 362 359 354
Bangladesh......................... .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .2 .3 1 2 3 3
Belgium.............................. 11.6 12.6 13.5 12.3 "3.2 34.1 "3.8 "3.2 "314 "402 "376 "324
Brazif................................... 7.8 9.0 10.0 10.2 11.2 12.9 14.5 16.2 106 112 122 132
Bulgaria.............................. 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.8 252 277 305 312
Canada............................... 13.0 14.9 16.1 15.9 13.2 13.5 15.0 12.9 577 575 635 541
China: Mainland.................. 23.9 31.8 34.5 37.1 31.7 42.7 44.5 43.3 38 46 47 45
Czechoslovakia 14.3 15.3 14.8 15.2 10.8 11.5 11.0 11.2 733 756 720 729
France 21.5 22.8 23.4 23.2 18.5 19.5 21.1 20.0 350 367 395 373
German Dem. Rep.............. 6.5 7.0 7.0 7.3 9.5 10.1 9.9 9.8 566 605 591 583
Germany, Fed. Rep. of........ 40.4 41.3 46.0 43.8 30.3 32.3 36.9 33.8 489 526 602 549
Greece 41.0 4.9 41.0 ■*1.1 1.3 1.6 1.6 2.0 143 167 167 (NA)
India., 7.9 10.0 10.0 9.3 8.5 10.1 11.1 (NA) 14 16 19 (NA)
Indonesia (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.9 11 9 9 13
Italy... 21,8 24.3 24.3 26.5 17.8 18.8 22.7 26.1 318 332 400 458
Japan.................................. 102.3 102.1 111.7 111.3 64.7 61.5 73.2 73.4 580 535 637 629
Korea, Dem. Peo. Rep......... 42.9 43.2 43.4 43.5 3.4 3.2 5.4 5.9 213 189 311 328
Korea, Rep. of..................... 2.0 3.1 5.2 5.8 3.1 8.4 10.7 10.9 88 226 284 286
Mexico................................ 5.2 6.7 7.0 7.0 6.2 9.3 9.0 10.6 103 139 130 147
Netherlands......................... 4.8 5,6 5.8 5.0 4.5 4.9 4.3 4.6 332 355 306 328
Nigeria................................ (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1.4 1.4 .9 1.9 22 19 13 25
PaWstan.............................. (NA (NA) (NA) (NA) .5 .6 .8 .6 7 8 10 8
Philippines........................... (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.3 22 34 34 27
Poland................................ 14.6 18.6 19.5 18.6 17.8 19.7 19.3 18.8 524 561 545 527
Romania............................. 9.5 11.8 12.9 13.2 9.8 11.5 12.4 12.1 464 526 563 544
South Africa........................ 66.6 "7.9 "8.8 "9.0 7.5 5.1 5.9 6.7 263 169 189 211
Soviet Union........................ 150.4 151.5 149.1 147.9 141.0 "145.6 (NA) (NA) 554 "567 (NA) (NA)
Spain.................................. 11.1 11.5 12.3 12.6 10.9 6.9 7.9 8.7 306 186 214 233
Sweden.............................. 5.6 4.3 4,6 4.2 6.3 3.9 4.4 4.1 773 468 528 497
Turkey,................................ 41.5 41.6 41.8 41.7 3.1 3.5 3.1 (NA) 80 81 69 (NA)
United Kingdom.................. 20.1 20.3 21.5 11.3 21.5 20.0 20.5 13.8 385 359 368 2 4 7
Venezuela........................... .9 .9 1,5 2.1 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.4 196 222 220 242
Vietnam.............................. (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) .2 .5 .2 1.4 5 10 4 26
Yugoslavia.......................... 2.9 3.5 3.5 2.3 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.7 248 246 250 254
NA Not available. 'Excludes steel for castings made in foundries operated by companies not producing ingots. ’ Tear
ending June 30. 3Luxembourg included with Belgium. 4Data from U.S. Bureau of Mines. * Includes concast steel billets.
“For 1976.
No. 1540. Iron Ore Production: 1975 to 1980
[In million metric tons. Data refer generally to iron content of iron ores and concentrates and all other iron-bearing ores and
concentrates intended for treatment for iron recovery.]
COUNTRY 1975 1978 1979 1980 COUNTRY 1975 1978 1979 I960
World........................................ 520.6 499.5 534.3 502.7 .4 A .4 .3
Korea, Dem. Peo. Rep.3............... 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.2
United States 1............................... 49.0 51.6 54.5 44.6 .3 .3 .3 .3
Liberia ..................................... 13.5 10.8 12.9 12.0
Australia........................................ 60.9 54.7 53.2 61.3 5.6 4.3 5.8 5.3
1.2 .9 1.0 1.0 3,4 3 6 4.0 5.1
Brazil............................................ 73.6 70.6 79.9 60.5 .8 1.1 3.9
.8 .8 .7 .6 .8 6 .6 .6
Canada *....................................... 27.6 26.4 36.7 31.3
30.0 35.0 375 37,5 7.6 15.2 19.8 16.5
.5 .6 .5 .5 127.9 134.4 131.5 132.9
Spain............................................ 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.4
.4 .7 .8 .8 20.9 13.7 17.0 17.4
15.3 10,3 9.8 9.1 i.3 22 1'1 1.4
1.1 .5 .5 .6 1.2 1.1 1.1 .2
.8 .7 .8 1.0 Venezuela”................................... 15.4 8.4 9.6 10.1
26.1 24.8 25.1 25.7 1.9 1.6 1.6 1,4
Italy................................... ........... .3 .1 .1 .1
- Represents zero. 'Includes metal content of by-product ore, "Represents shipments. "Data from U.S. Bureau of
Mines, 4Includes Iron content of iron sand and pyrites.
Source of tables 1539 and 1540: Statistical Office of the United Nations, New York, N.Y., S ta tistica l Y earbook and Y earb ook o f
in d u s tria l S tatistics, vol. II. (Copyright.)