According to statistics, China’s output of crude stainless steel totaled 8.818 million tons in the first half of this year, increasing by 9.63% year on year. Among them, 1.90 million tons were chromium-based stainless steel, increasing by 18.45%; 4.36 million tons were nickel alloy-based stainless steel, rising by 10.1% and 2.55 million tons were manganese alloy-based stainless steel, rising by 3.17%, all compared to the figures in the same period of a year ago.
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