According to the results of September, blast furnace iron smelting in 38 countries of the world increased by 0.1% compared to the same period in 2018, to 104.07 million tons, according to the World Steel Association.

However, compared with the previous month, the September indicator fell by 4.6%. In general, for 9 months. smelting of pig iron in the world grew by 3.4%, to 958.91 million tons.
As previously reported, the Ukrmetallurgprom association predicts November production of pig iron and steel in the amount of 1.7 million and 1.75 million tons, respectively.
Recall that the export of pig iron from Brazil in September grew by 47.4% compared with the same period in 208, to 276 thousand tons, according to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of the country.

Based on materials: https://www.minprom.ua