China crude steel production off in late Oct.

Nov 07, 2012 | 11:57 AM |

Tags  Cisa, China Iron and Steel Association, steel output, crude steel, daily steel production

SHANGHAI — China’s crude steel production showed an unexpected dip in late October, but one trader questioned the reliability of the data.

The country’s crude steel output averaged 1.926 million tonnes per day in the final 11 days of October, down 3.7 percent from a five-month high of 1.999 million tonnes per day in the previous 10 days, according to the latest estimates from the....





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