China produced 78,454 mt of antimony ingot in 2019

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 second ten days of April, up 2.21% from early April and up 19.1% from the same period a year ago.

We are rapidly tiring of the hype of the Circular Economy. This EU buzzword has started to get a life of its own and becomes more annoying as it is touted by more and more apparatchiks who have zero knowledge of how the metals and minerals industries actually work. Beyond industry-specific knowledge (i.e. mining) that they lack, they are totally divorced from the reality that many metals/minerals are not recyclable in whole or part from many of their applications.

China’s production of antimony oxide is expected to fall sharply this year due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to SMM’s senior minor metals analyst Paton Huang.

Rebar output declined 2.6% from Jul to 21.91 million mt in Aug

Planned maintenance at Yunnan Tin was postponed to Aug

Production of crude steel in Apr grew 12.7% from a year ago to stand at 85.03 million mt

This is a roundup of China's base metals output in Apr 2019

Domestic output of pig iron and steel products in Q1 advanced 9.3% and 10.8% on the year, respectively

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

China produced some 2.23 million mt of stainless steel in Oct, up 1.94% from Sep and up 8.62% from a year ago