In August this year, China’s pig iron, crude steel and finished steel outputs amounted to 71.53 million mt, 83.24 million mt and 108.8 million mt, down 11.1 percent, 13.2 percent and 10.1 percent year on year, respectively, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on September 15.
与此同时，粗钢产出持续下跌至7月份，下跌4.09％，而猪铁产量下降1.81％，成品钢材产量下降1.98％，月份下跌1.98％。中国北部的较低消费和限制在8月份生产的产量。
今年1月至8月期间，中国生产605.38亿吨的猪铁，同比增长0.6％，同比增长1.7个百分点比今年前七个月纪录的速度较慢。Also, China’s crude steel and finished steel outputs totaled 733.02 million mt and 918.33 million mt in the first eight months this year, up 5.3 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively, year on year, with the year-on-year growths 2.7 percentage points and 3.2 percentage points slower than those recorded in the January-July period.