Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region-based Chinese steelmaker Liuzhou Iron and Steel Co. (Liuzhou Steel) announced on August 27 that in the first half of the current year it registered an operating revenue of RMB 18.469 billion ($3.03 billion), up 1.73 percent year on year, while it posted a net profit of RMB 200 million ($32.47 million), with earnings per share of RMB 0.078.
In the given period, Liuzhou Steel's pig iron, crude steel and finished steel outputs amounted to 5.2415 million mt, 5.4662 million mt and 2.5594 million mt, up 0.87 percent, 1.91 percent and 0.59 percent year on year, respectively.