Daily crude steel output at CISA member mills extends rise in early-Feb

The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) reported that crude steel output across major mills in China averaged 2.14 million mt per day in the first ten days of July, down 5.56% from late June and up 0.32% from the same period a year ago.

The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) reported that crude steel output across major mills in China averaged 2.42 million mt per day in the first ten days of May, up 0.75% from late April and up 17.84% from the same period a year ago.

The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) reported that crude steel output across major mills in China averaged 2.32 million mt per day in the last eight days of January, up 0.85% from mid-February and up 14.07% from the same period a year ago.

About 92.27 million mt of crude steel was produced in China last month, up 8.5% from April and 4.2% from May 2019, according to SMM calculations based on data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released Monday June 15.

China’s crude steel production grew 7.6% to 85 million mt in April from a month earlier, to produce a year-over-year increase of 0.2%, showed data from the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) released Friday.

Primary lead output in China expanded significantly last month, as some large smelters recovered from maintenance and small and medium-sized smelters reopened after the spread of the coronavirus in the country came under control. China’s output of primary lead increased 11.94% from February to 240,000 mt in March, to produce a year-over-year decline of 7.03%. Output in the first three months of 2020 was 6.13% lower than the same period the year before.

Daily output of crude steel across CISA key mills averaged 2 million mt during the first 10 days of Sep

This followed a year-over-year increase of 5% in Jul

Inventories of steel products across those mills shrank 14.5% from Jun 20 and came in at 11.22 million mt as of Jun 30

Daily output averaged 2.038 million mt during May 11-20, down 0.38% from the first 10 days of the month