The industry value added in the metallurgical sector in China's Ningxia autonomous region in the January-April period of the current year amounted to RMB 2.21 billion ($350 million), up 18.3 percent year on year, with this growth rate down 3.4 percentage points compared with the year-on-year growth rate recorded in January-March this year, according to the economic and information commission of the Ningxia region.
The outputs of the major products in the local metallurgical sector in Ningxia in January-April this year included 272,000 mt of steel, up 2.2 percent, 623,000 mt of ferroalloys, up 25.4 percent, and 148 million mt of coke, up 18.1 percent, all year on year.