World steel output jumped in September

World Steel Output Soars

Production in the 66 members of the association, which includes the main metal producers in the world, has been growing since April and was 0.6 percent lower in September than in September 2008 at 107 million tons, it said.

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Global steel production for the first nine months of this year was 866 million tons -- 16.4 percent lower than for the same period in 2008.