For the first time in decades, the production of steel in the People’s Republic of China has seen a decline.
New economic figures released by the Chinese Government today show a fall in steel production of 2.3% in 2015, down to 803.8m tons. This marked the first time that the yearly production of steel within China has declined since 1981. Similar falls were also reported in both coal production, which declined for the second straight…
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