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The news platform «Madan Nameh“: According to statistics released on October 23, 2026, in Brussels, global crude steel production in September of this year was slightly below the level of September 2025. The countries covered in this report accounted for about 98% of the world’s crude steel production in 2025.
Production Growth in Asia; Decline in Europe and the Middle East
Asia and Oceania, with a production of 104 million tons of crude steel, remained the world’s largest steel-producing region. Production in this region increased by 0.7% compared to September last year.
In contrast, Middle East production fell 20.4% to 3.6 million tons; the largest decrease among the regions examined in this report. The European Union also experienced a 5% decline with 10.1 million tons produced, and the production of other European countries dropped by 1.4% to 3.6 million tons.
Crude steel production in Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States countries along with Ukraine also declined by 1.9%, reaching 6.1 million tons.
On the other hand, Africa recorded the highest production increase among the examined regions, with a 10.6% rise producing 2.2 million tons. North America’s production rose 3.4% to 9.3 million tons, and South America’s production increased by 0.2%, reaching 3.5 million tons.
China Leading; Vietnam’s Production Surge and Germany’s Double-Digit Decline
Among the top 10 steel-producing countries, China maintained its top position in September 2026, producing 73.6 million tons of crude steel, a 0.1% increase over the same month last year. India also grew by 1.9%, producing 13.9 million tons of crude steel.
The World Steel Association estimates that steel production in the United States rose by 4.3% to 7.2 million tons. Japan produced 6.3 million tons with a 0.6% decrease. According to the association, Russia’s production increased by 6.2%, reaching 5.5 million tons.
South Korea’s production grew 3.6% to 5.2 million tons, and Turkey’s production increased 0.8% to 3.2 million tons. Brazil’s production decreased by 0.8%, reaching 2.8 million tons.
Germany and Vietnam each produced 2.6 million tons of crude steel but followed different trends; Germany experienced the largest decrease with a 13% drop, while Vietnam registered the highest growth among these ten countries with a 29.1% surge.