The world stainless association has released figures for Q2 of 2025, showing the total stainless steel melt shop production for the first 6 months of 2025 was 31.9 million tonnes.
In Europe and the US, production decreased by 5.1%, and increased by 7.8% respectively. China registered a growth of 3.9%. Other Asian countries and other parts of the world combined registered an increase of 4.1% and 2.9% in steel production.