Mexican iron pellet production in March increased 16.6 percent, year-on-year, the nation’s statistics agency (Inegi) said on Thursday.
Iron pellet output in March totaled 646,309 mt, up from 554,427 mt in the same period of the year prior. Iron pellet production in Q1 rose 3.2 percent, year-on-year.
The country’s mining and metals production index in March rose 4.6 percent, month-on-month. According to government data, the local mining and metals output improved 1.7 percent in March on a year-on-year basis.