World steel production rose 6.8% last year to a record 1.53 billion tonnes, the World Steel Association said, .Growth was 8.9% in China, 7.1% in the US, 1 per cent in Germany, 5.7%, in India and 17 per cent in Turkey, the Brussels=based group said in a report on its website on Monday. While, Japan 's steel production fell 1.8%.
