Yesterday, China's National Development and Reform Commission released metallurgy industry's operation situation in the first half of this year. In the January-June period of current, iron ore imports reached 334.25 million mt, an increase of 8.1%; semi-finished steel exports reached 280,000 mt, an increase of 6.8%; coking coal exports reached 2.45 million mt, an increase of 75.2%; coking coal output reached 210.38 million mt, an increase of 11.7%, ferrous alloy output reached 14.01 million mt, an increase of 21.7%.
Meanwhile, steel products exports reached 24.33 million mt, an increase of 3.2%, and imports 8.03 million, a decrease of 4.8%. National crude steel output reached 350.54 million mt, an increase of 9.6%，slowing 11.5%; Steel products output reached 437.41 million, an increase of 12.8%,