CISA: Members' daily crude steel output stays steady in mid-July

Daily crude steel output among the member mills of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) kept largely stable during July 11-20, with the tonnage nudging down by 0.4% or 7,000 tonnes/day from the first ten days of July to average 2.02 million t/d, according to the latest release from the association on July 25.

Moreover, the average was lower by a larger 5.9% compared with the level during the corresponding period last year, the CISA statistics revealed. Based on the performance of its member mills, CISA estimated that daily crude steel output among both member mills and non-member mills during July 11-20 decreased by