India’s crude steel production fell over 4 per cent to 8.478 million tonnes (MT) in August 2020, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). The country had produced 8.869 MT of crude steel during the same month last year, the global industry body said in its latest report. However, global steel output has started showing a positive trend, the data showed. “World crude steel production for 64 countries reporting to the worldsteel was 156.244 MT in August 2020, registering a rise of 0.6 per cent compared to August 2019,” the worldsteel said. Global steel production was at 155.374 MT in August 2019.