China's pig iron output up 1.8%, coal up 3.2% for 2017

For 2017, China's pig iron output went up 1.8% year on year and coal production up 3.2% from a year ago, according to the latest statistics released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on January 18.

For 2017, China’s pig iron output went up 1.8% year on year and coal production up 3.2% from a year ago, according to the latest statistics released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on January 18. Last year, China produced 710.8 million tonnes of pig iron, and its