In July this year, China produced 57.81 million mt of pig iron, 66.81 million mt of crude steel and 95.94 million mt of finished steel, indicating respective increases of 1.7 percent, 2.6 percent and 4.9 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on August 12.
In the January-July period of the current year, China produced 403.25 million mt of pig iron, 466.52 million mt of crude steel and 657.05 million mt of finished steel, down 1.4 percent, decreasing by 0.5 percent and increasing by 1.9 year on year, respectively.