On April 7, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker
Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in the first quarter of the current year it produced 2.8381 million mt of pig iron, 2.7931 million mt of
crude steel and 2.6549 million mt of finished steel, increasing by 28.41 percent, 20.71 percent and 26.59 percent year on year, respectively.