Steel exports jumped 31.3 percent from a year earlier to 53.02 million tonnes during the period.

In 2020, crude steel output rose by 5.2 percent year on year to exceed 1.05 billion tonnes, according to the association.

The November output represented 6.1-percent growth from the same period in 2019, according to the NBS.

Dinson, a subsidiary of China's Tsingshan Holding Group Company Limited, is the constructor of the iron and steel plant, which is scheduled for commissioning next year.

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