Global Steel Production (Jan.)

China continued to prop up global steel production growth in January, though output growth in the US and Japan also improved. However, January’s data fail to fully reflect the impact of measures to contain the coronavirus in China. More timely evidence points to a sharp fall in China’s steel output, and we expect production there to remain weak even if the virus is contained soon.

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