China ramps up steel output in September
By Davide Ghilotti
Published: Friday, 21 October 2016
Chinese crude steel output recorded a notable increase in September and led Asia figures to grow slightly while all other main regions saw reduced production.
World steel production rose 2%
year-on-year (y-o-y) to 132.9m tonnes in September on the back
of improvement in China, according to the latest estimates by
the World Steel Association (worldsteel).
The nine-month production output between January and
September 2016 for the 66 countries reporting to worldsteel
stood at 1.2bn tonnes...