China Knowledge quoted according to the latest statistics released by the National Development and Reform Commission, China saw its crude steel output rose 4.2%YoY to 61.69 million tonnes last month.

The figure last month was 2.5% more than it realized in Jun this year.

In July, the daily output of crude steel reached 1.99 million tonnes down by 1% less than 2.01 million tonnes it realized in a month earlier.

From January to July 2012, the country crude steel output amount to 419.46 million metric tons up by 2.1%YoY.

The National Development and Reform Commission said China copper output edge up 0.8% YoY to 483,000 tonnes last month leading its total output in the first seven months of this year to 3.4 million tonnes up by 9.2%YoY.