The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has announced that in mid-January (January 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 2.072 million mt, up 0.3 percent compared to early January (January 1-10) this year.
In early January (January 1-10), the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China had totaled 2.06 million mt, up 10.3 percent compared to late December (December 21-31) late year.
Inventory levels of the large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China increased in the given period. As of January 20, the finished steel inventories of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China amounted to 12.93 million mt, increasing by 2.7 percent compared to January 10.