China's crude steel output up 8% in Nov

China's crude steel, hot metal and finished steel output continued to grow on a year-on-year basis in November, but fell month on month, according to data released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday December 15.

November output
Crude steel: 87.66 million tonnes, up 8% from a year earlier, down 4.9% from October
Hot metal: 72.01 million tonnes, up 4.7% year on year, down 5.5% month on month

Finished steel: 117.34 million tonnes, up by 10.8%...

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