Steelmaking capacity change

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-0.4%

Global · 2021–2025

Steelmaking capacity change worldwide came in at -0.4% in 2021–2025 (OECD).

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Publisher
OECD
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Countries with excess capacity are flooding world markets with steel
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
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Verified

What the source says

OECD area capacity edged down by 2.8 Mt (-0.4%) during 2021-2025, with particularly sharp declines in the United Kingdom (-39.7%) and Japan (-7.2%).

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Steel Outlook 2026 · Countries with excess capacity are flooding world markets with steel
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APA
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2025). OECD Steel Outlook 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-steel-outlook-2026_99ab9b0c-en.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBZ6P614DAAC7324B3Q
MLA
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. "OECD Steel Outlook 2026." 2025, https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-steel-outlook-2026_99ab9b0c-en.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBZ6P614DAAC7324B3Q.
Chicago
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. "OECD Steel Outlook 2026." 2025. https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-steel-outlook-2026_99ab9b0c-en.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBZ6P614DAAC7324B3Q.
BibTeX
@misc{oecd2025steelmaking324b3q, author = {{Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development}}, title = {OECD Steel Outlook 2026}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XBZ6P614DAAC7324B3Q}, note = {Original source: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-steel-outlook-2026\_99ab9b0c-en.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Publisher
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
OECD Steel Outlook 2026
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Countries with excess capacity are flooding world markets with steel
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verified
Review protocol
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
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