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Home / Metal News / Snapshot: China’s steel, aluminium, nonferrous metals output in Q1

Snapshot: China’s steel, aluminium, nonferrous metals output in Q1

Apr 17, 2018 11:50

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NBS data showed higher output of steel, aluminium and nonferrous metals in the first quarter of this year.

SHANGHAI, Apr 17 (SMM) – In the first three months of this year, China produced 212.15 million mt of crude steel, up 5.4% year on year, according to latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics.

The output of aluminium stood at 8.12 million mt, up 0.3% on the year.

The output of nonferrous metals stood at 13.39 million mt, up 2.4% on the year.

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