According to the data released by NBS, in January-June of this year, China's overall crude steel output amounted to 350.54 million t, increasing by 9.6% compared to the same period of last year. While in June alone China's crude steel had reached 59.93 million t, rising by 11.9% year over year. In addition, China's average daily crude steel output also had hit a new record of 1.9977 million t in June
Besides, China had produced 54.89 million t of the pig iron in June and the year-to-date pig iron output totaled 324.58 million t, both of which had risen by 11.6% and 8.4% respectively year on year. On the other hand, China's steel product output stood at 78.73 million t in June and the year-to-date steel product output amounted to 437.41 million t, both of which had surged by 14.8% and 12.8% respectively compared to the corresponding period of last year.