NBS: China's Jan-Sept pig iron production falls 1.1% YoY

China's pig iron production during January-September this year totalled 645.9 million tonnes, lower by 1.1% compared with the same period last year, according to the latest data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday morning.

The reduction in pig iron output was slower than the 2.9% decline in China's crude steel production during the same period, Mysteel Global noted. During September alone, the country's pig iron output fell by 2.4% on year to 66.1 million tonnes, the NBS data showed. On a per-day basis, output