Steel excess capacity vs Steel demand growth
In 2025, steel excess capacity worldwide was 640 million tonnes; steel demand growth was 0.2%.
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Steel excess capacity
Unit: million tonnes · 2 observations
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Steel demand growth
Unit: % · 3 observations
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Volume of crude steelmaking capacity in excess of global steel demand.
2 observations charted in Global
· source organisations: AISI
Annual percentage change in steel demand.
3 observations charted in Global
· source organisations: worldsteel
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Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON