In the January-May period this year, the value-added industrial output of the ferrous metal smelting and rolling sector in China recorded a year-on-year rise of 1.8 percent, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on June 16.
In the first five months, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 5.4 percent year on year.
In the January-May period, the value-added industrial outputs in the mining and manufacturing sectors rose by 4.8 percent and by 5.5 percent year on year, respectively.
In May alone, the value-added industrial output of the ferrous metal smelting and rolling sector in China indicated a year-on-year increase of 1.6 percent, while the value-added industrial outputs in the mining and manufacturing sectors recorded year-on-year rises of 2.3 percent and 4.4 percent, respectively.