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China produced 68.5 million tonnes of run-of-mine (ROM) iron ore throughout April, lower by 1.3 million tonnes or 1.9% on month but higher by 1.2% on year, according to the latest statistics from China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released on May 17.
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Industrial growth in China’s ferrous smelting and processing sector in April jumped by 11.5% on year, according to the latest data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics released on Wednesday. The figure was also some 3 percentage points higher from that in March and took the average over the first four months of this year to a fairly robust 8.9% on year, the statistics show.
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Mongolia’s coal exports eased 2% on month to 3.65 million tonnes for April including all types, according to the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Mongolia on May 15, which was mainly due to the softening in demand from China, market sources understand.
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China’s coke output over January-April increased 6.5% on year to 151.8 million tonnes, but coal output edged up by only 0.6% on year to 1.1 billion tonnes over the same period, according to new data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Wednesday.
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China’s crude steel output rose at a fast pace of 10.1% on year over January-April to reach some 315 million tonnes, according to the latest statistics released by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on May 15.
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China’s fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) over January to April grew by a healthy 6.1% on year to Yuan 15.57 trillion ($2.3 trillion), though growth over the four months slowed by 0.2 percentage point compared with January-March, according to new data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics released on May 15.
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Over January-April, China’s coke output increased 6.5% on year to 151.8 million tonnes, andraw
coal edged up 0.6% on year to 1.1 billion tonnes. A detailed report will be posted soon.
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China's fixed asset investment in general grew 6.1% on year to Yuan 15.57trillion ($2.3trillion) for January-April and the funding into the property market went up 11.9% on year to Yuan 3.4 trillion during the period. A detailed story will be posted soon.
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China's crude steel output grew 10.1% on year to nearly 315 million tonnes with the April volume up 12.7% year on year to about 85 million tonnes. A detailed report will be posted soon.
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China’s imports of coal and lignite in April jumped by 13.5% on year to 25.3 million tonnes, but exports of coke and semi-coke plunged by 28.4% from April last year to 582,000 tonnes, according to data released by China’s General Administration of Customs on May 8.
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China’s iron ore imports stayed on the year-on-year downtrend, with the total volume for January-April down 3.7% on year to 340 million tonnes, according to the latest statistics from the country's General Administration of Customs on May 8.
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China’s total steel exports over the first four months of this year reached 23.35 million tonnes, representing an increase of 8.3% or 1.8 million tonnes on year, according to data from China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC) released on May 8.
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Both the Chinese authorities and the domestic steel mills have been quietly intensifying their endeavours in growing the country’s recycling business to be prepared for the greener growth in the next five to ten years.
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China's iron ore imports fell by 3.7% on year to 340.2 million tonnes over January-April. A detailed story will be posted soon.
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China’s imports of coal and lignite
increased 1.7% on year to 99.9 million tonnes over January-April, and the
exports of coke and semi-coke decreased 13.8% on year to 2.59 million tonnes. A
detailed report will be posted.
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China's steel exports rose 8.3% on year to 23.35 million tonnes for January-April. A detailed report will be posted soon.
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The profits of large- and medium-sized Chinese iron ore miners leapt by 130.72% on year to Yuan 2.1 billion ($317.8 million) in the first quarter of 2019, with those for March alone surging 238% on year to Yuan 862 million, thanks chiefly to the climb in domestic iron ore concentrate prices.
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Daily crude steel output among the 97 major steelworks members of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) continued to increase during April 11-20, rising by 2.6% or 50,700 tonnes from the first ten days in April to 2.01 million tonnes/day on average, according to CISA’s latest data released on April 30.
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The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for China’s manufacturing industry nudged down 0.4 basis point on month to 50.1 for April, just above the threshold of 50 connoting expansion, according to Tuesday’s official release from China’s National Bureau of Statistics.
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The crude steel output of 64 countries under the monthly survey of the World Steel Association climbed 4.5% on year to 444.1 million tonnes over January-March with the March output up 4.9% on year to 155 million tonnes, with the core contributor being China, according to the WSA’s official data published late on April 29.
