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China's steelmakers push output to record high after price rally
April's daily rate of 2.314m tonnes surpasses previous best set in June 2014
Published Sun, May 15, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
CHINA'S daily crude steel output jumped to a record high in April as mills ramped up production to take advantage of rising prices and the best profits this decade.
Output over the month rose 0.5 per cent to 69.42 million tonnes from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday.
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