Maintenance at Handan Xinxing Pipes to impact rebar production 

The "three red lines” refers to the 70% ceiling on liabilities to assets after excluding advance proceeds from projects sold on contract, 100% cap on net debt to equity, and cash to short-term borrowing ratio of at least one. One year after the introduction of the policy, the average asset-liability ratio and the average asset-liability ratio after excluding advance receipts at the top 100 real estate companies stood at 78.7% and 70.9%, respectively, which was a year-on-year decline of 0.7 percentage point and 0.9 percentage point.

A roundup of the ferrous metals headlines of the week.

Futures and spot prices of ferrous metals fluctuated last week. The futures prices of coking coal and coke weakened amid looser control after July 1, while spot prices stood stable.

Operating rates of blast furnaces at steel mills fell 2.7 percentage points from a week ago and decreased 3.8 percentage points from a month ago to 82.2% as of July 1, SMM survey showed.

The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) reported that crude steel output across major mills in China averaged 2.4 million mt per day in the second ten days of June, up 2.57% from early June and up 15.99% 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 2.34 million mt per day in the first ten days of June, up 2.15% from late May and up 13.33% from the same period a year ago.

Social inventories of long steel (including wire rods and rebar) in Guangzhou decreased 2.15%, or 28,900 mt, in the week ended October 28 to 1.32 million mt, showed SMM data. Stocks were 90.6% higher than the same period last year.

Social inventories of long steel (including wire rods and rebar) in Guangzhou decreased 0.77%, or 10,500 mt, in the week ended October 21 to 1.35 million mt, showed SMM data. Stocks were 80.4% higher than the same period last year.

Operating rates of blast furnaces (BFs) at Chinese steelmakers extended declines as decreased profits prompted steel mills to conduct maintenance.

Social inventories of long steel (including wire rods and rebar) in Guangzhou decreased 0.56%, or 7,400 mt, in the week ended August 12 to 1.31 million mt, showed SMM data. The stocks were 50.75% higher than the same period last year.