China's daily crude steel output flat in late August

Member mills of the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) largely kept their crude steel production rates unchanged in late August from the preceding 10 days, but their finished steel inventories continued to drop, according to data released on Thursday September 3.

August 21-31 output
Crude steel: 2.16 million tonnes per day, down by 0.04%

Finished steel: 2.19 million tpd, up...

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