In the first half of the current year, China’s Hebei Province produced 99.8964 million mt of crude steel, 93,0641 million mt of pig iron and 130.5108 million mt of finished steel, indicating respective year-on-year increases of 2.05 percent, 2.24 percent and 5.14 percent, according to the Hebei Metallurgical Industry Association.
Meanwhile, in the given period Hebei Province produced 226.2075 million mt of iron ore, rising by 5.86 percent year on year.