The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has announced that in mid-January (January 11-20) the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 1.7793 million mt, down 0.58 percent compared to early January (January 1-10).
According to the CISA's previous figures, in early January the average aggregate daily crude steel output of the large and medium-sized Chinese steel enterprises had totaled 1.7896 million mt, increasing by 0.44 percent compared to late December (December 21-31).
Meanwhile, as of January 20, the finished steel inventories of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China amounted to 11.7107 million mt, up 2.02 percent compared to January 10.