China's crude steel & pig iron output increases in Aug
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Update time : 2023-09-19 15:53:34
According to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China, China's crude steel output totaled around 86.4 million tons in August, growing by 3.2% from the same month a year ago. The output of pig iron was 74.6 million tons, up by 4.8% year on year. Steel production was 116.5 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.4%.
In the first eight months of this year, China's crude steel and pig iron production amounted to approximately 712.9 million tons and 603.6 million tons, up by 2.6% and 3.7% year on year, respectively. Steel output was up by 6.3% year on year to 909.2 million tons.
