China steel output up on production restart - CISA

China's crude steel production recovered quickly in late September as some mills in northern Hebei province resumed output, industry data showed on Thmobile crusher for crushing phosphate oreursday. China Iron & Steel Association data showed daily crude steel output was 1.678 million tonnes in the last 10 days of September, 8.5 percent higher than the middle 10 days of the month.

This rebound came just after steel output fell nine percent in mid-September from early September, which was caused by production cuts in the country's steel heartland after the government ordered shutdowns to meet the energy savings target. Market sources said a few steel mills had already resumed output in late September, although other provinces including Henan and Shandong have recently ordered local mills to halve output in the fourth quarter. CISA said daily crude steel output was 1.618 million tonnes for the whole of September. This compared with a Reuters calculation of 1.64 million tonnes for the whole month based on previous data, suggesting CISA had revised some numbers.