November 22, 2008

Chinese production of crude steel in May up by 0.1% YoY

It is reported that China productions of crude steel in different province total 46.01 million tonnes in May 2008 up by 0.1% YoY as compared to 41.62 million tonnes in May 2007

The province wise crude steel export is under

Province	May'08	May'07	Change	J-M'08	J-M'07	Change
Total	46.01	41.62	10.5%	216.11	197.48	9.4%
Hebei	10.51	9.48	10.9%	48.19	44.56	8.2%
Shandong	4.35	3.69	17.9%	21.06	17.36	21.3%
Jiangsu	4.27	4.11	3.9%	20.82	20.30	2.6%
Liaoning	3.74	3.51	6.6%	17.82	17.03	4.6%
Shanxi	2.23	1.91	16.8%	10.35	9.86	5.0%
Henan	2.00	1.73	15.6%	9.55	8.08	18.2%
Shanghai	1.93	1.83	5.5%	9.05	8.66	4.5%
Hubei	1.81	1.53	18.3%	8.53	7.31	16.8%
Anhui	1.66	1.32	25.8%	7.61	5.94	28.1%
Tianjin	1.55	1.36	14.0%	7.37	6.36	16.0%
Sichuan	1.17	1.18	-0.8%	5.77	5.51	4.6%
Hunan	1.24	1.11	11.7%	5.27	5.32	-0.9%
Jiangxi	1.15	1.11	3.6%	5.27	5.21	1.2%
Inner Mongolia	1.10	0.92	19.6%	4.85	4.17	16.3%
Guangdong	1.04	1.05	-1.0%	4.70	4.62	1.6%
Yunnan	0.75	0.71	5.6%	3.78	3.42	10.6%
Zhejiang	0.78	0.50	56.0%	3.65	2.17	68.1%
Guangxi	0.75	0.60	25.0%	3.24	3.06	6.0%
Jilin	0.63	0.56	12.5%	3.08	2.32	32.8%
Fujian	0.58	0.46	26.1%	2.77	2.22	24.7%
Beijing	0.42	0.71	-40.8%	2.30	3.34	-31.1%
Gansu	0.43	0.52	-17.3%	2.11	2.45	-13.9%
Xinjiang	0.49	0.39	25.6%	2.10	1.77	19.1%
Heilongjiang	0.44	0.38	15.8%	2.01	1.69	19.1%
Chongqing	0.31	0.31	0.0%	1.55	1.48	4.9%
Guizhou	0.33	0.29	13.8%	1.49	1.35	10.6%
Sha'anxi	0.24	0.29	-17.2%	1.24	1.46	-15.1%
Qinghai	0.11	0.09	22.2%	0.52	0.45	16.0%

In million tonne

(Sourced from MySteel.net)

Magang bags award for wheels in US

It is reported that recently on the “Transport system 2008 China’s provider’s convention” conference, which was held by America General Electric Company, Magang’s wheel product was awarded “Best Quality Award”.

As per reports it was another high appraisal on Magang after in 2007, the company granted Magang the best supplier.