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China’s Scrap Steel Consumption Firstly Breaking 100 Million Tonnes

Nov 9, 2017 09:15

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As per China Metallurgical News, domestic scrap steel consumption has broken 100 million tonnes, marking China’s era of large-scale application of scrap steel has arrived.

SHANGHAI, Nov.9 (SMM)－As per China Metallurgical News, domestic scrap steel consumption has broken 100 million tonnes, marking China’s era of large-scale application of scrap steel has arrived. The 13^th Five-year Plan will be the material transition of China’s steel industry development.

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