WEEKLY: China's rebar output recovers after 8-week slide

Rebar production among the 137 Chinese steel mills Mysteel checks nationwide recovered during September 14-20 after an eight-week decline, with the volume rising by 3.1% or 77,000 tonnes on week to reach 2.55 million tonnes. Total output was still 17.6% lower than during the corresponding period last year however, the latest weekly survey showed.

Blast-furnace mills were mostly responsible for the rise in output as many had resumed operations during the survey period. Meanwhile, steel producers in East China's Jiangsu, North China's Inner Mongolia and Central China's Hubei recorded marked on-week rises in their rebar output. During the survey week, the rebar rolling capacity