Qinghai Province-based Chinese steelmaker Xining Special Steel Co., Ltd. (Xining Special Steel) has announced that it registered an operating revenue of RMB 2.886 billion ($0.4 billion) in the January-June period this year, up 7.0 percent year on year, while it posted a net loss of RMB 235 million ($33.1 million), compared to a net loss of RMB 294 million recorded in the same period last year.