On August 20, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in early August (August 1-10) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 1.6905 million mt, up 5.45 percent compared to late July (July 21-31).
According to the CISA's previous figures, in late July this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.6031 million mt, down 2.69 percent compared to mid-July (July 11-20).