Liuzhou Steel to put hot-rolling line under maintenance

According to research by SMM, on March 20th, the blast furnace operating rate was 89.45%, marking a 0.3% increase compared to the previous period. The blast furnace capacity utilization rate stood at 90.38%, rising by 0.50% compared to the previous period. Additionally, the daily average hot metal production of sample steel mills reached 2.16 million tons, marking an increase of 11,900 tons compared to the previous period.

According to China's National Bureau of Statistics,  the purchasing price index of major raw materials dropped 11.6 percentage points on the month points to 61.2% in June, and the producer price index fell 9.2 percentage points to 51.4% from May.

The signing ceremony was held in Shanghai on Nov 6

A mill will suspend for about 10 days, which is expected to impact one-third of its supply for Sep

During that period, only one sintering machine at the northern plant of Tangshan Steel is allowed to maintain operation

The construction sites are unlikely to resume until the second half of Oct

The project can process up to 200,000 mt of copper scrap in a year

This will impact production by 10,000 mt

Anti-dumping duties range from 0% to 26.1%, while the countervailing duties range from 13.7% to 44.7%

Daily output averaged 2.006 million mt during Apr 11-20, up 2.59% from Apr 1-10