The line charts illustrate information about the manufacturing and demand amount for steels (in million tonnes) in the UK steel industry during 2010, as well as the number of workers staffed.
Overall, the variations of production and demand of steels were fairly proportional, except for the year-end months. Meanwhile, the employment rate decreased over the period, including some significant downward trends in February and December.
According to the first illustration, the production amount was 4,000 million tonnes in January. It then moderately increased to 5,000 million tonnes in February, before experiencing a fall back to 4,000 million tonnes in March. This was followed by a level-off trend until July. Afterwards, the production level showed a considerable jump, reaching nearly 5,000 million tonnes in September, and ended with a significant downward trend in December.
Meanwhile, the demand of steels was varied between January and October, representing between about 2,000 and 3,000 million tonnes. It declined notably in November, which was recorded as no sale, before ending the year with 2,000 million tonnes demand.
Around 5,000 thousand workers were employed in the initial months; however, the employment rate fell throughout the period, requiring only 1,000 thousand workers in December.