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orld crude steel production for 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 112 million metric tonne (MMT) in September. This is 0.9 per cent higher than September 2009. China’s crude steel production for September 2010 was 47.9 MMT, a decrease of 5.9 per cent compared to September 2009. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 9.2 MMT of crude steel in September 2010, up 11.7 per cent as compared to the same month last year. South Korea’s crude steel production for September 2010 was 4.7 MMT, 3.2 per cent up compared to the same month last year.
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In the EU, Germany’s crude steel production for September 2010 was 3.3 MMT, an increase of 4.1 per cent on September 2009. Italy produced 2.3 MMT, 19.8 per cent more than the same month in 2009. Spain produced 1.4 MMT, a 1.2 per cent decrease compared to September 2009. Turkey produced 2.5 MMT of crude steel in September 2010, 17.9 per cent higher than September 2009. The US produced 6.6 MMT of crude Country China Japan S. Korea Germany Italy Spain Turkey US Brazil
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steel in September 2010, an increase of 15.0 per cent compared to September 2009. Brazil produced 2.7 MMT of crude steel in September 2010, a 1.2 per cent decrease over the same month last year. World crude steel production in September 2010 is 3.5 per cent higher than September 2008 when the global economic crisis started showing the impact on the world crude steel production. The crude steel capacity utilisation ratio of the 66 countries in September 2010 rebounded slightly to 74.4 per cent compared to 73.3 per cent in August 2010. Compared to September 2009, the utilisation ratio in September 2010 decreased by 3.8 percentage points.
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hina’s green jobs report. Some 70 per cent of energy employers – up from from solar and the parts in renewable energy three in 2008 – according to other clean tech installations in the US are Clean Tech Job Trends 2009. industries are manufactured overseas. Part of But Brazil, South Korea, growing faster than the US and the reason is cheap labour cost Germany, Japan, the US are other countries, says an annual in Asia. Opining on this, experts still very much in the game, as report by cleantech research say that the lack of a strong and clean-energy manufacturing firm Clean Edge. robust federal renewable grows and becomes more According to the report, portfolio standard puts complex. Ron Pernick, MD, clean energy is spawning countries like the US at a Clean Edge, says “Clean-tech millions of high-paying green significant disadvantage. jobs are not amorphous as jobs worldwide, even as the Another policy absent in critics claim. These instead global economy continues to America is the national feed-inrepresent some of the most sputter. Total jobs surpassed tariff programme. The US also dynamic sectors in the three million in 2009, shows needs significant regulatory and technology landscape.” In comparison, the US data from research group REN financial support, including Government devoted $50 21. China accounted for “billions in loan guarantees,” billion of the $800 billion federal 7,00,000 of that amount, due the report advised. Around 30 stimulus package to develop in large part to measures that countries have such policies in cleantech factory jobs. “But promote solar heating. The place, including China, which results of this attempted Chinese Government spent has targeted 15 per cent of its manufacturing revival in the US $34.6 billion last year to propel energy from renewables by are decidedly mixed,” says the its low-carbon economy, more 2020. While the survey comes than any other nation as a boon for China, it’s and almost double of The Chinese Government spent $34.6 a wake up call for the what the US invested. billion last year to propel its low-carbon USA. “Time is running The country is now out for us to take a more headquarters for six of economy, more than any other nation and serious, approach,” almost double what the US invested. Pernick added. the biggest renewable
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