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China steelmakers deepen production cuts
Published Fri, Jun 19, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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Beijing
CHINESE steelmakers are deepening the first production cuts in a quarter century as the bull market in iron ore drives up costs and squeezes profits.
Crude steel output will shrink as much as 2 per cent this year, accordi…
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