WEEKLY: Chinese BF mills' production falls for 3 weeks

Source: Mysteel Oct 30, 2026 10:15

Production among Chinese blast furnace (BF) steelmakers dropped further during the past week, driven by the government-mandated output curbs in the northern region, Mysteel's latest surgery showed.

The average capacity utilization rate among the 247 BF steelmakers under Mysteel's tracking dropped for the third straight week by another 0.17 percentage point to 87.06% during October 22-28, with their combined hot metal output sliding 0.2% on week to 2.32 million tonnes/day. During the same period, the average

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