China crude steel production hit 60.88 million tonnes in November

According to the figures from National Bureau of Statistics, China has produced 712.86 million tonnes of crude steel in the first eleven months of this year, up 7.8% year on year; 650.50 million tonnes of pig iron, climbing 5.9% from a year earlier; 978.78 million tonnes of steel products, a rise of 11.5% compared to the same period last year.

In November, production of crude steel was 60.88 million tonnes, up 4.2% year on year; that of pig iron was 52.90 million tonnes, a rise of 0.6%; that of steel products was 90.32 million tonnes, surging 10%. Daily crude steel production was 2.029 million tonnes, down 3.3% month on month; daily steel products output hit 3.011 million tonnes, an increase of 0.6% from a month earlier.

China's coke production amounted to 435.95 million tonnes in Jan.-Nov. 2013, hiking 8.1% year on year. It was 39.40 million tonnes in November, a rise of 7.2% compared to the same period last year.

Combined with imports and exports, apparent consumption of crude steel came to 666.46 million tonnes in Jan.-Nov., up 7.3% compared to the same period a year earlier; that of steel products aggregated 934.68 million tonnes, up 11.3% year on year. In November, apparent consumption of crude steel was 56.94 million tonnes, up 5.1% from a year earlier; that of steel products was 86.57 million tonnes, a rise of 10.9% versus November, 2012.