According to the Hebei Metallurgy Industry Association, in the January-February period of the current year the aggregate crude steel, finished steel and pig iron outputs of steelmakers in China's Hebei Province were 30.6693 million mt, 29.204 million mt, 28.2536 million mt respectively, up 20.2 percent, 11.47 percent and 11.34 percent on year-on-year basis.
In addition, in the first two month of the year, the 60 main steelmakers in Hebei achieved an aggregate net profit of RMB 4.022 billion ($0.615 billion), up 123.3 percent from RMB 1.886 billion ($0.29 billion) in the same period last year.