The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has announced that in early January (January 1-10) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 2.065 million mt, up 10.3 percent compared to late December (December 21-31) last year.
In late December, the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China had totaled 1.872 million mt, down 5.3 percent compared to mid-December (December 11-20) late year.
Inventory levels of the large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China increased in the given period. As of January 10, the finished steel inventories of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China amounted to 12.59 million mt, increasing by 1.8 percent compared to December 31.
all compared to December 31.