In the first half of the current year, the automotive steel sheet sales volume of Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Tangshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (Tangsteel), a subsidiary of Hebei Iron and Steel Group Co. (Hebei Steel Group), amounted to 410,000 mt, increasing by 300 percent year on year, as announced by Hebei Steel Group.
Meanwhile, in the given period, the automotive steel sheet sales volume of Hebei Steel Group subsidiary Hebei-based Chinese steelmaker Handan Iron and Steel Co. (Handan Steel) amounted to 1.02 million mt, increasing by 16 percent year on year.