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Sep
13:14
Unrelenting Chinese output drives global growth in August
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association increased 3.4% on-year in August to 156.04 million tonnes, Kallanish learns from worldsteel.
China drove global growth once again, with a 9.3% output increase to 87.25mt. Indian output is estimated to have grown only 1.5% to 9.21mt. Japanese and South Korean production fell -7.8% and -2.6% respectively to 8.81mt and 6.1mt. Vietnamese output surged again, this tim…
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Anonymous
Very good overview of the weekly steel market.
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