Crude steel: China’s 7 major provinces record a 6% drop in production

China's 7 major crude steel-producing provinces recorded a 6 percent year-on-year drop in production in January-August 2022. Volume in the first eight months of 2022 fell to 693 million tons (mt) from 735 mt in January-August 2021. Among the seven provinces, Hebei is the largest producer. Its production volume fell 6 percent to 148 million […]