The growth rate was 3.1 percentage points higher than that of December 2021, the bureau said.

The daily output marked an increase of 4.61 percent from that recorded in early March, according to the China Iron and Steel Association.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 142.7 million tonnes (Mt) in February 2022, a 5.7% decrease compared to February 2021.

China crude steel output in Jan-Feb, 2022.

China raw iron ore output in Jan-Feb, 2022.

China coke output in Jan-Feb, 2022.

In 2021, major coal enterprises in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China, produced 672.831 million tons of raw coal.

Yulin's coal output exceeded 0.55 billion tons in 2021 for the first time to 0.552 billion tons, up 6.2% YoY.