On September 4, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in August this year its outputs of pig iron, crude steel and finished steel amounted to 834,500 mt, 887,700 mt and 859,700 mt, down 1.27 percent, 0.86 percent and 1.43 percent on month-on-month basis respectively.
In July, the producer's output figures for pig iron, crude steel and finished steel were 845,200 mt, 895,400 mt and 872,200 mt respectively.