Author: Hitanshi
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China: Steel industry’s profit recovery remains slow despite production cuts
Industry’s total profits drop 25% y-o-y in H1CY’26 amid high raw material costs Weak construction demand, uneven manufacturing activity weigh on steel prices China’s steel industry remained under significant earnings pressure in the first half of 2026, with production cuts helping stabilise profitability only marginally as weak demand and high costs continued to weigh on…