According to the data released on Sunday by the General Administration of Customs, China’s imports of iron ore reached 181.5 million tons in the fist two months of 2021, up 2.8% from 176.6 million tons a year earlier.

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According to the American Steel Association (AISI), the fourth week of February (as at 27 February 2021), the US crude steel production is estimated at 1.749 million short tons (1.5867 million tons), 7% lower than 1.88 million tons in the same period last year...

Late February 2021, the key steel enterprises produced 18.5562 million tons of crude steel, 16.3941 million tons of pig iron, 19.1418 million tons of steel products.

In January 2021, the output of crude steel in 64 countries included in the World Iron and Steel Association was 162.9 million tons, an increase of 4.8 % over the same period last year.

The amount exceeded the previous record of 1.08 billion tons in 2017, said the General Administration of Customs.

Mid-February 2021, the key steel enterprises produced 22.8236 million tons of crude steel, 20.2097 million tons of pig iron, 21.2086 million tons of steel products.

Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics released 31 provinces and autonomous regions crude steel production data in 2020. The data show that Hebei crude steel production was 249.7695 million tons in 2020, ranked first.