In the January-July period of the year, private sector steelmakers in China’s main steel producing province, Hebei Province, produced 82 million mt of crude steel, up 1.45 percent year on year, as reported by China Metallurgical News.
In the January-July period this year, private sector steelmakers in Hebei Province achieved aggregate operating revenues of RMB 596.67 billion ($92.1 billion), up 41.46 percent, and an aggregate gross profit of RMB 29.82 billion ($4.6 billion), up 75.06 percent, both year on year.