World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 143.3 million tonnes (Mt) in November 2021, a 9.9% decrease compared to November 2020.

A total of 104 coal mines in Shanxi have applied for increasing their production capacity this year.

Steel exports jumped 31.3 percent from a year earlier to 53.02 million tonnes during the period.

In 2020, crude steel output rose by 5.2 percent year on year to exceed 1.05 billion tonnes, according to the association.

worldsteel: October 2021 crude steel production.

The October output represented 5.5-percent growth from the same period in 2019, the NBS said.

In October, China's crude steel output was 71.58 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 23.3%.

China's largest steelmakers scaled back production in late October to the lowest since March 2018, after slightly increasing output from lows in late September.