According to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China, in October, China's crude steel output totaled around 79.8 million tons, growing by 11% from the same month a year ago; the output of pig iron was 70.8 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.9%.

In the first ten months of this year, China's crude steel and pig iron production amounted to approximately 860.6 million tons and 726.9 million tons, down by 2.2% and 1.2% year on year, respectively.