China - 2009 July 18

According to the data lately by the State Statistic Bureau, China has yielded 258.8 million tons, 266.58 million tons and 316.48 million tons of pig iron, crude steel and steel products in the H1 of this year respectively increasing 5.6%YoY, 1.2% YoY and 5.7% YoY respectively. In June alone, the productions of these products aforementioned are 48.9253 million tons, 49.3891 million tons and 62.1399 million tons hitting monthly record high. Average daily production of crude steel, in particular, posts a record high of 1.6463 million tons in June compared with 1.5648 million tons the same period of last year.