China’s iron ore output down 2.3 percent in January-October

In the first ten months of the current year, China's raw iron ore production amounted to 641.839 million mt, down 2.3 percent year on year, as announced by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

In October alone, China’s raw iron ore production totaled 68.822 million mt, increasing by 0.9 percent year on year.