China monthly report – April 2025

The highlight of this issue is that the Ministry and Ecology and Environment issued a circular to guide the emission trading activities for the calendar year 2025.

5 May 2025

How steel hovers maglev trains above the right track

Steel is helping maglev trains takeoff and with the latest innovations they could soon go mainstream across the world.

28 April 2025

Safety and health in the steel industry – Data report 2025

A holistic approach towards safety and health is essential. This 2025 data report features a compilation of key safety and health indicators.

Next-generation safety and health management approaches for the modern steel industry

Read our blog by Riccardo Dovera, Chairman of our Safety and Health Committee and Global Health and Safety Senior Director at Tenaris.

25 April 2025

New report released: Environmental ripple effects of the transition

worldsteel worked with Hatch to evaluate the environmental effects of the transition to low-carbon steelmaking processes (including breakthrough technologies). The final report is available for worldsteel members only.

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23 April 2025

March 2025 crude steel production

World crude steel production for the 69 countries reporting to worldsteel was 166.1 million tonnes (Mt) in March 2025, a 2.9% increase compared to March 2024.

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21 April 2025

The world’s first stainless steel memory cards are virtually indestructible

Flash memory solution provider Lexar launched the world’s first stainless steel SD memory card in March 2025

14 April 2025

Stainless steel melt shop production increases by 7% in 2024

The world stainless association has released figures for the full year of 2024, showing that stainless steel melt shop production has increased from 2023 to 2024 by 7% to a total of 62.6 million metric tonnes.

14 April 2025

China Baowu: new Sustainability Charter Member

China Baowu Steel Group has been recognised as a new Charter Member, committing to the 9 worldsteel Sustainability Principles and 20 criteria covering the areas of environment, social, governance and economics.