22
Aug
09:42
Japan’s July steel output remains steady
In July, Japan’s crude steel output remained steady on both month-on-month and year-on-year bases, while pig iron production hiked. For year-to-date output, both of steel and pig iron output were still lower than a year ago, Kallanish notes.
Monthly output of pig iron came to 5.484 million tonnes, up 4.5% m-o-m and 4.1% y-o-y, according to data given by the Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF). This took seven-month production of pig iron to 37.071mt, a …
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Very good overview of the weekly steel market.
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