CISA: Members' daily crude steel output remains steady in mid-March

Daily crude steel output among the member mills of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) stayed largely unchanged during March 11-20 to average 2.03 million tonnes/day, increasing by a tiny 0.8% from previous ten-day period, according to the latest release from the association on March 25.

Although there was a slight rise in intra-month production, the same CISA report indicates that the average level was lower by a larger 6.5% compared to the same survey period last year. Based on the same dataset, CISA estimated that daily crude steel output among both member mills and non-member