NBS: China's Jan-July ROM iron ore output falls 9% YoY

China's run-of-mine (ROM) iron ore production totaled 536.1 million tonnes in the first seven months of this year, down by 8.7% from the same period in 2025, according to the latest statistics from the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

The decline accelerated from the 7% on-year drop recorded in the January-June period, as July output posted a sharper contraction, Mysteel Global observed. Last month, China's ROM iron ore production tumbled 20% on year to 67.1 million tonnes, the lowest monthly level since October 2018, the official data show. The steep