Shanxi Province-based Chinese steel group Taiyuan Iron and Steel Company (Taiyuan Steel or TISCO) has announced that its output of iron ore concentrate in 2011 reached 5.61 million mt, up 100,000 mt as compared to the 2010 figure. Meanwhile, Taiyuan Steel said it is targeting an iron ore concentrate output of 5.9 million mt this year.
In addition, with the commissioning of iron ore mines in Lvliang City in Shanxi Province within the current year, the iron ore fines output from the mines in question this year is expected to total 2 million mt.