Iron pellet production in Mexico down 2.5 percent in August

Iron pellet production in Mexico decreased 2.5 percent, year-over-year, in August to 464,668 metric tons (mt). It is the second-lowest volume in 25 years for the same month of August, according to a SteelOrbis analysis of data from the national statistics agency Inegi.

In January-August period, production totaled 3.28 million mt, 7.3 percent less than the January-August period of last year.