NBS: China’s Jan-Jul steel output up 9% on year

Over January-July, China’s produced about 577 million tonnes of crude steel, up 9% on year, or 0.9 percentage point lower than that for H1 of 2019 because of less steel output for July, according to the latest statistics released by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on August 14. China’s daily crude steel output in July retreated from the all-time high in June, down 5.8% on month to about 2.75 million tonnes/day, or a four-month low, as some major steel production bases went t