On March 27, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-March (March 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 1.6492 million mt, down 1.92 percent compared to early March (March 1-10).
According to the CISA's previous figures, in early March this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.682 million mt, down 5.1 percent compared to late February (February 21-28).