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Data Provider: Welsh Government Iron and steel production by year, measure and area
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[Collapse]Iron production (kilo-tonnes)This is the blast furnace production of all grade of iron and ferro-manganese suitable for use in either steel furnaces or iron foundries.[Collapse]Crude steel production (kilo-tonnes)This is the total of useable ingots, useable continuously cast semi-finished products up to liquid steel for casting.<br /><br />Production data for 2004 onwards excludes the very small proportion of production that occurs in steel foundries. Prior to 2004, the figures include production in steel foundries.[Collapse]People employed in iron and steel industryThis is the number of people working in the iron and steel industry as defined by the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in the Treaty of Paris (1951) and includes blast furnaces and associated plant, steel melting shops, ingot casting and continuous casting plant, hot rolling mills and cold wide strip or plate mills together with associated coating plants and tinplate mills.
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197512,130..|The data item is not available20,2005,470185,30062,400
197613,840..|The data item is not available22,2706,350182,30063,000
197712,230..|The data item is not available20,4106,000178,90061,800
197811,4303,89020,3106,040165,40054,800
197912,9004,67021,4606,940156,60051,780
19806,3201,61011,2702,950112,10032,240
19819,5502,99015,5704,39088,25024,920
19828,3902,82013,7004,14074,48022,960
19839,5603,28014,9904,85063,69021,180
19849,5603,30015,1205,02061,86021,070
198510,4603,01015,7204,73059,06020,620
19869,7903,12014,7304,85055,87020,270
198712,1103,69017,4105,43054,95020,030
198813,1603,76018,9505,68055,06020,210
198912,7803,80018,7405,79053,76019,440
199012,4603,84017,8405,58050,76017,820
199112,0604,20016,4705,69045,10016,630
199211,6804,20016,2105,74040,84015,990
199311,5804,77016,6206,44039,15015,930
199411,9404,97017,2906,71038,12015,610
199512,2404,98017,6006,71037,95015,420
199612,8305,85017,9907,53036,53015,180
199713,0505,97018,5007,69035,23014,510
199812,7505,85017,3207,24032,49013,490
199912,1405,52016,3006,85029,34011,710
200010,8905,21015,1506,76025,47010,700
20019,8703,44013,5404,67022,4108,110
20028,5601,91011,6702,70022,5207,530
200310,2303,34013,2704,00022,8807,920
200410,1803,34013,7704,46022,3408,170
200510,1903,38013,2404,63021,8808,050
200610,7003,64013,9105,02022,1308,390
200710,9603,86014,3105,23023,0408,240
200810,1403,52013,5204,82023,0008,070
20097,6702,66010,0703,96020,3207,510
20107,2303,7909,7104,92018,8607,300
20116,6303,3709,4804,58018,4707,310
20127,1802,5309,5803,82019,4707,390
20139,4703,84011,8605,08018,9106,850
20149,7004,25012,0305,37018,2706,630
20158,7703,96010,9105,18015,2006,420
20166,1403,4707,6404,480(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.14,580(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.6,520
20176,0003,5107,4904,50016,1106,480
20185,5903,0107,2703,95015,8106,640
20195,6203,3507,2204,31017,3307,770
20205,2402,9007,0904,07016,4107,310
2021(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.5,4803,3707,2204,43016,680(r) The data item has been revised since previously published in StatsWales. The revision may not be reflected in the rounded value.7,360
2022(p) The data item is provisional.4,780(p) The data item is provisional.2,850(p) The data item is provisional.5,960(p) The data item is provisional.3,730(p) The data item is provisional.16,500(p) The data item is provisional.7,420

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General description

This dataset gives information on iron production, steel production and manpower in the iron and steel industry for Wales and the UK since 1975.

Data collection and calculation

Data are provided by the Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

1975 to 2022

Rounding applied

Data are rounded to the nearest ten kilo-tonnes or people.

Title

Iron and steel production

Last update

18 April 2023 18 April 2023

Next update

April 2024

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau

Contact email

economic.stats@gov.wales

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

United Kingdom

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Keywords

Iron; Steel; Iron and steel production Wales

Statistical quality

The figures fall outside the scope of National Statistics.