China’s Top-7 Crude Steel Producing Provinces (in Jan-Aug’22)

China’s top seven crude steel-making provinces showed a 6% y-o-y drop in production over January-August, 2022, as per data maintained with SteelMint. The volume in the first eight months of CY2022 dropped to 693 million tonnes (mnt) from 735 mnt in January-August, 2021.

Amongst the seven provinces, Hebei is the largest producer. Its production volume dropped 6% to 148 mnt in the period under review from 158 mnt in the corresponding period last year (CPLY). The province that experienced the highest drop was Shangdong. Its volumes dropped 15% to 48 mnt in this period (against 56 mnt in CPLY).