In the January-June 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 5.6 percent, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on July 15.
In the first six months, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 6.4 percent year on year. In June alone, the overall value-added industrial output increased by 0.5 percent month on month, while it rose by 6.8 percent year on year.
In the January-June period, the value-added industrial outputs in the mining and manufacturing sectors rose by 6.0 percent and by 7.0 percent year on year, respectively.