According to SMM research, as of Apr 23, the operating rates of 50 electric arc furnace steel mills across the country who mainly produce rebar was 36.56%, up 0.14 percentage points from a week ago.The average capacity utilisation rate gained 0.29 percentage point week-on-week to 37.32%.Their daily average rebar output was 83,100 mt, an increase of 600 mt WoW.