In the January-August 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 6.1 percent, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on September 15.
In August alone, the value-added industrial output of the ferrous metal smelting and rolling sector in China rose by 7.3 percent year on year.
In the first eight months, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 6.2 percent year on year. In August alone, the overall value-added industrial output increased by 0.37 percent month on month, while rising by 5.2 percent year on year.
In the January-August period, the value-added industrial outputs in the mining and manufacturing sectors rose by 5.7 percent and by 6.8 percent year on year, respectively.
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