On July 28, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-July (July 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 1.8077 million mt, down 0.37 percent compared to early July (July 1-10).
According to the CISA's previous figures, in early July this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China had amounted to 1.8144 million mt, up two percent from late June (June 21-30).
Meanwhile, as of July 20, 2014, overall inventory of the main finished steel products in the major steel markets in China totaled 14.808 million mt, up 2.31 percent as compared to the figure recorded on July 10.
