NBS: China's H1 pig iron production down 0.8% YoY

China's pig iron production during January June totalled 434.7 million tonnes, according to the latest data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday morning. Compared to the same period last year, the volume was slightly lower by 0.8%.

The decrease in pig iron output was slower than the 3% on-year fall in China's crude steel output during the same period, Mysteel Global noted. In June alone, China's pig iron output fell by 4.1% on year to 71.9 million tonnes, NBS data showed. On a per-day basis, the output