China major metallurgical product output in 8 months of 2008 
(steelguru.com)
Updated:
2008-09-27 15:55
Counter:
It is reported that China metallurgical production during January to August 2008 with Crude iron ore at 519.3 million tonnes up by 20.3% YoY as compared to the same period of 2007.
| Product |
Aug'08 |
Aug'07 |
Change |
J-A'08 |
J-A'07 |
Change
|
| Rebar |
7.63 |
8.57 |
-11.0% |
63.02 |
65.12 |
-3.2%
|
| Wire rod |
6.60 |
7.01 |
-5.9% |
54.81 |
51.98 |
5.5%
|
| Wide & medium strip |
6.35 |
5.46 |
16.3% |
52.48 |
39.94 |
31.4%
|
| Bar products |
3.72 |
3.96 |
-6.0% |
33.69 |
29.29 |
15.0%
|
| Narrow HR strip |
2.22 |
3.07 |
-27.5% |
25.10 |
25.62 |
-2.0%
|
| Medium plate |
2.92 |
2.71 |
7.5% |
23.86 |
19.85 |
20.2%
|
| Light & medium section |
2.07 |
2.28 |
-9.3% |
20.61 |
18.75 |
9.9%
|
| Welded steel tube |
1.99 |
2.06 |
-3.2% |
15.59 |
14.86 |
5.0%
|
| Heavy plate |
1.79 |
1.45 |
23.5% |
14.06 |
11.29 |
24.6%
|
| HR thin & wide strip |
1.81 |
1.60 |
12.8% |
14.03 |
11.39 |
23.1%
|
| Ferroalloy |
1.70 |
1.46 |
16.0% |
13.00 |
11.11 |
17.0%
|
| CR thin & wide strip |
1.72 |
1.44 |
19.1% |
12.90 |
11.57 |
11.4%
|
| Seamless steel tube |
1.72 |
1.53 |
12.3% |
12.87 |
11.67 |
10.2%
|
| Plated sheet/strip |
1.62 |
1.48 |
9.7% |
12.33 |
11.22 |
9.9%
|
| CR sheet |
1.52 |
1.42 |
7.1% |
11.25 |
10.13 |
11.1%
|
| Large section |
0.81 |
0.76 |
6.6% |
6.68 |
6.65 |
0.5%
|
| HR sheet |
0.47 |
0.55 |
-14.3% |
4.53 |
4.34 |
4.4%
|
| Narrow CR strip |
0.52 |
0.54 |
-4.6% |
4.21 |
4.12 |
2.3%
|
| Silicon steel sheet/strip |
0.42 |
0.36 |
14.5% |
3.14 |
2.72 |
15.3%
|
| Super heavy plate |
0.38 |
0.35 |
8.5% |
2.92 |
2.77 |
5.7%
|
| Railway steel products |
0.38 |
0.26 |
45.8% |
2.62 |
2.25 |
16.6%
|
| Coated sheet/strip |
0.30 |
0.27 |
7.7% |
2.36 |
2.09 |
13.0%
|
| Heavy rail |
0.27 |
0.18 |
49.4% |
1.69 |
1.22 |
38.5%
|
| Light rail |
0.06 |
0.05 |
44.0% |
0.58 |
0.70 |
-16.7%
|
| Other steel products |
0.84 |
0.73 |
14.7% |
6.75 |
5.43 |
24.3%
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(In million tonnes)
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