WEEKLY: Chinese BF mills' output grows further

Production among Chinese blast furnace (BF) steelmakers continued to move upward during February 6-12 amid increased work resumptions among the mills, according to Mysteel's survey.

During the latest survey period, the average capacity utilization rate among the 247 BF steel producers under Mysteel's tracking increased for the second straight week by another 0.7 percentage point on week to reach 86.4%, with their combined hot metal output rising 0.8% on week to 2.3 million tonnes. Over