China’s Top-7 crude steel producing provinces in Jan-Jul’24

China’s crude steel production fell a little over 2% over January-July, 2024 to 614 million tonnes (mnt) against 627 mnt seen in the same seven months in 2023, as per data maintained with BigMint. This drop was deeper compared to the -1.1% seen in January-June, -1.4% in January-May, or -1.9% in January-March, this year. Only January-April, 2024’s drop was a steeper -3%. The first two months of the year, however, had seen a 1.6% increase.