According to statistics released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), India's crude steel output amounted to 9.2 million tons in May this year, growing by nearly 47% compared to the same month a year ago.

There were 64 countries that reported their May output of crude steel to the worldsteel, totaling 17.44 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.5%.

Among them, China still ranked first, with a total output of 9.95 million tons, hiking by 6.6% year on year.