Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Tangshan Iron and Steel Co., a subsidiary of Hebei Iron and Steel Group, has announced that in the January-October period of the current year its subsidiary Tangshan Heavy Plate Co. exported 161,700 mt of steel plates, up 111 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the given period Tangshan Heavy Plate's total plate export value amounted to RMB 13.45 million ($2.1 million).