The given line graph presents a comparative analysis of the market requirements for the steel and production of this material in the UK in 2010, while the second reveals the number of workers employed in this industry.
Overall, the production of steel was higher than the demand throughout the year, except in december. A large proportion of workers were employed at the beginning of the year in this industry.
Now turning to details, in the first graph, 4 thousand million tons of steel were produced, which was exactly half of the actual demand in January 2010. After the first quarter, the actual need and production remained the same. In April, there were some fluctuations in both the manufacturing and requirement of steel. At the end of the third quarter in August, the production stood at just over 3 thousand million tons, against a million tons less than demand. From September to November, production plunged gradually, as did the demand. Conversely, in December, the demand exceeded the total production. The second graph enumerates that 5 thousand million workers were employed in January 2010, which declined by 2 million in April. From that time onwards, the number of employees saw some oscillations, and in August the UK steel sector peaked at 3.5 thousand million tons. Afterwards, this continuously dropped throughout the rest of the year and declined to 1 million tons in December.
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