In April of current year, Chinese coke output had reached 37.633 million tons, jumping by 7.30% from the same period of previous year. Meanwhile, the year-to-date coke production had totaled 144.549 million tons, swelling by 6.4% year on year.
In April, China's overall silicon steel output totaled 0.593 million tons, surging by 3.13% month over month and 10.43% year over year. During the given period, China had produced 3.68 million tons of welded pipes, slumping by 16.95% year month over month while still up 11.3% year over year.