China's major mills raised their crude steel output rates in early February, while their inventories for finished products decreased.
Member mills of the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) produced crude steel at an average rate of 1.7847 million tonnes per day during the first 10 days of February, up 27,900 tonnes - or 1.6% - from 1.7568 million tpd during the last 11 days of January,...