In June this year, China’s raw iron ore output amounted to 128.48 million mt, down eight percent year on year, while China’s coke output amounted to 38.38 million mt, down 6.9 percent on yearly basis, as announced by China’s National Bureau of Statistics(NBS).
In the January-June period this year, China’s raw iron ore output and coke output totaled 634.90 million mt and 226.38 million mt, respectively, down 10.7 percent and 3.4 percent, both year on year.