On December 16, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in early December (December 1-10) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 1.7490 million mt, up 2.11 percent compared to late November (November 21-30).
According to the CISA's previous figures, in late November this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China had amounted to 1.7133 million mt, up 4.34 percent from mid-November (November 11-20).
Meanwhile, as of December 10, overall inventory of the main finished steel products in the major steel markets in China totaled 14.709 million mt, up 2.76 percent as compared to the figure recorded on November 30.