According to the figures from National Bureau of Statistics, China has produced 712.86 million tonnes of crude steel in the first eleven months of this year, up 7.8% year on year; 650.50 million tonnes of pig iron, climbing 5.9% from a year earlier; 978.78 million tonnes of steel products, a rise of 11.5% compared to the same period last year.

In November, production of crude steel was 60.88 million tonnes, up 4.2% year on year; that of pig iron was 52.90 million tonnes, a rise of 0.6%; that of steel products was 90.32 million tonnes, surging 10%. Daily crude steel production was 2.029 million tonnes, down 3.3% month on month; daily steel products output hit 3.011 million tonnes, an increase of 0.6% from a month earlier.

China's coke production amounted to 435.95 million tonnes in Jan.-Nov. 2013, hiking 8.1% year on year. It was 39.40 million tonnes in November, a rise of 7.2% compared to the same period last year.

Combined with imports and exports, apparent consumption of crude steel came to 666.46 million tonnes in Jan.-Nov., up 7.3% compared to the same period a year earlier; that of steel products aggregated 934.68 million tonnes, up 11.3% year on year. In November, apparent consumption of crude steel was 56.94 million tonnes, up 5.1% from a year earlier; that of steel products was 86.57 million tonnes, a rise of 10.9% versus November, 2012.