SHANGHAI, Mar 8 (SMM) - The average operating rate of blast furnaces stood at 92.42% as of March 8, flat from a week ago, according to SMM research. The average capacity utilisation rate stood at 93.22%, a gain of 0.02 percentage point. The daily average pig iron production of sample steel mills was 2.23 million mt this week, an increase of 1,700 mt from last week. SMM estimates that the daily pig iron output across China was 2.655 million mt, up 2,100 mt.

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