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

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

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Of the 50 goods monitored by the government, including seamless steel tubes, coal,the prices of 36 goods dropped during the period, with 11 registering higher prices and three seeing their prices remain unchanged.

The 2201 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 8238 yuan per ton on December 15.