The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has announced that in mid-August (August 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 2.215 million mt, up 2.89 percent compared to early August (August 1-10) this year.
In early August this year, the average aggregate daily crude steel output of the large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China had totaled 2.1527 million mt, up 0.8 percent compared to late July (July 21-31) this year.
Inventory levels of the large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China increased in the given period. As of August 20, the finished steel inventories of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China amounted to 16.6302 million mt, increasing by 3.6 percent compared to August 10.
