China’s crude steel production flattened out in CY’23, reveals data maintained with BigMint, after two years of decline. The top seven crude steel producing provinces along with “others” showed a total output volume of 1,019 million tonnes (mnt) over January-December, 2023 against 1,018 mnt recorded in CY’22. The top seven alone also recorded a flat growth at 617 mnt in CY’23 compared to 615 mnt in CY’22. Hebei, the largest steel producing state in China, showed a 1% dip to 210 mnt (212 mnt in 2022).
