On November 21, Hebei Province based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group announced that in October this year its subsidiary Tangshan Iron and Steel Co produced 212,400 tonne of cold rolled products, while its cold rolled product exports for the month totaled 126,000 tonne, both constituting new monthly records.
In 2012, Tangshan Steel had exported 1.16 million tonne of cold rolled products, up 70,000 tonne year on year, with high value added products accounting for over 80% of the total.