On January 12, the China and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late December (Dec. 21-30) last year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 1.5155 million mt, down 3.37 percent compared to mid-December (Dec. 11-20).
According to the CISA's previous figures, in mid-December last year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.5685 million mt, down 0.62 percent compared to early December (Dec. 1-10).