Crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the platform reached 174.4 million tons in May, according to the association.
Turkey, the eighth-largest crude steel producer, saw a 42.4% surge in crude steel production last month, to 3.2 million tons.
China remained the world’s largest crude steel producer with more than half of global output. Its steel output hit 99.5 million tons in May, climbing 6.6% from the same month of last year.
The figure stood at 9.2 million tons in India, the second-largest producer, a jump of 46.9% during the same period.
The other major producers Japan and the US saw crude steel output rising 42.2% and 47.6% to 8.4 million tons and 7.2 million tons, respectively.
In the first five months of this year, global steel production jumped 14.5% on an annual basis to 837.5 million tons.
The World Steel Association is a prominent industry group, with its members representing around 98% of global steel production with more than 160 steel producers.
Over 2.7 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been given worldwide so far, figures compiled by Our World in Data, a tracking website, showed on Tuesday.
China leads the global count with more than 1.05 billion jabs, followed by the US with 318.58 million.
India has administered 283.31 million shots, Brazil 88.35 million, the UK 74.58 million, Germany 67.12 million, France 48.39 million, and Italy 46.6 million.
Turkey ranks ninth on the list with over 43.18 million doses given, followed by Mexico, Spain and Indonesia.
The country with the most doses administered by population is the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with 146.73 doses per 100 people.
Following the UAE, countries with the most doses administered per 100 people are Malta with 142.4 doses, Seychelles 140, San Marino 129.84, Israel 123.06, Bahrain 114.94, Chile 111.87, Mongolia 110.66, the UK 109.86, Iceland 104.08, Uruguay 102.82, and Qatar 100.62.
Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed over 3.87 million lives in 192 countries and regions, with more than 178.84 million cases reported worldwide, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University.
The US, India and Brazil remain the worst-hit countries.
Source: Anadolu Agency