CISA: Members' daily crude steel output drops in mid-October

Daily crude steel output among the member mills of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) declined slightly during October 11-20, with the tonnage slipping by 2.3% or 45,000 tonnes/day from the first ten days of this month to average 1.89 million t/d, according to the latest release from the association on October 24.

The average production level was 6% lower compared with the same ten days of last year, according to the same release. Based on the performance of its member mills, the association estimated that total crude steel output among all Chinese steelmakers averaged 2.37 million t/d during the middle ten days