Recent data from the World Steel Association (worldsteel) shows that direct reduced iron (DRI) production in 13 countries, representing approximately 87% of global DRI production in 2024, reached approximately 11.05 million tons in June 2025.
Despite this slight increase of 1.7% compared to the same month last year, production recorded a significant decline of 8.9% compared to May 2025.
In the first half of this year, total global DRI production reached 64.24 million tons, registering a growth of 4.3% compared to the same period in 2024.
India topped the list of producing countries in June, with a production of 4.81 million tons, followed by Iran with 3.5 million tons, Then Russia with 670 thousand tons, and Saudi Arabia with 598 thousand tons.
