Fat Margins Push Chinese Steel Output to May Record

06/14/2018 - Chinese steel production rose to record 81.1 million metric tons in May as mills boosted output to capture profits, reports the Reuters news service.

“Steel mills have been running full-load and adding scrap steel to increase output in order to cash in on strong margins,” Zhuo Guiqiu, senior analyst at Jinrui Futures, told the news service.

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