Ngokwemininingwane ye-World Steel Association (worldsteel), ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engahluziwe emhlabeni wonke ngo-Okthoba kulo nyaka kwehle ngo-10.6% unyaka nonyaka kwafinyelela kumathani ayizigidi eziyi-145.7.Kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya ku-Okthoba kulo nyaka, insimbi engahluziwe ephuma emhlabeni wonke ibe ngamathani ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.6, okuwukukhula konyaka ngo-5.9%.

Ngo-Okthoba, ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engahluziwe yase-Asia kwaba amathani ayizigidi eziyi-100.7, kwehle ngo-16.6% unyaka nonyaka.Phakathi kwazo, iShayina iyizigidi ezingama-71.6 amathani, ehle ngo-23.3% unyaka nonyaka;Japan 8.2 million tons, up 14.3% unyaka nonyaka;I-India amathani ayizigidi ezingu-9.8, akhuphuka ngo-2.4% unyaka nonyaka;INingizimu Korea ikhiqize amathani ayizigidi ezingu-5.8, phansi ngo-1% unyaka nonyaka.

Amazwe angama-27 e-EU akhiqize amathani ayizigidi eziyi-13.4 ensimbi engahluziwe ngo-Okthoba, okuwukukhula ngo-6.4% unyaka nonyaka, lapho ukukhiqizwa kweJalimane bekungamathani ayizigidi ezi-3.7, okuwukunyuka ngo-7% unyaka nonyaka.

I-Turkey ikhiqize amathani ayizigidi ezingu-3.5 zensimbi engahluziwe ngo-Okthoba, okukhuphuke ngo-8% uma kuqhathaniswa nenyanga efanayo ngonyaka odlule.Ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engahluziwe ku-CIS bekungamathani ayizigidi eziyisi-8.3, kwehle ngo-0.2% unyaka nonyaka, kanti ukukhiqizwa kweRussia bekungamathani ayizigidi eziyisi-6.1, kwenyuke ngo-0.5% unyaka nonyaka.

ENyakatho Melika, inani eliphelele lensimbi engahluziwe ngo-Okthoba lalingamathani ayizigidi ezingu-10.2, okuwukunyuka ngo-16.9% unyaka nonyaka, kanti ukukhishwa kwe-US kwaba amathani ayizigidi ezingu-7.5, okuwukunyuka ngo-20.5% unyaka nonyaka.Ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engahluziwe eNingizimu Melika kwaba amathani ayizigidi ezi-4 ngo-Okthoba, okuwukukhula ngo-12.1% unyaka nonyaka, kanti eBrazil ikhiqize amathani ayizigidi ezingu-3.2, okuwukunyuka ngo-10.4% unyaka nonyaka.

NgoMfumfu, i-Afrika ikhiqize amathani ayizigidi eziyi-1.4 ensimbi engahluziwe, okuwukukhula konyaka ngo-24.1%.Isamba somkhiqizo wensimbi engahluziwe eMpumalanga Ephakathi kwaba amathani ayizigidi ezingu-3.2, yehle ngo-12.7%, kanti ukukhiqizwa kwe-Iran kwakungamathani ayizigidi ezingu-2.2, kwehle ngo-15.3% unyaka nonyaka.