Cisa member mills' finished steel production drops 14% in early July

Member mills of China's Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) cut their production rate of crude steel, hot metal and finished steel in early July compared with the preceding 10 days, according to data published by the association on Wednesday July 14.

July 1-10 output
Crude steel: 2.14 million tonnes per day, down 5.56%

Finished steel: 1.96 million tpd, down 13.98%
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