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Crude steel output up 25% in 2005
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-27 16:14
皇冠体育app's crude steel output jumped to 349.36 million tons in 2005, up 25
percent year on year, Luo Bingsheng, executive deputy director of the 皇冠体育app Iron
and Steel Industrial Association (CISA), said at a news conference on Friday.
皇冠体育app, the world's largest crude steel producer, also produced 330.4 million
tons of pig iron and 371.17 million tons of steel products, up 28.19 percent and
24.13 percent, respectively, over the previous year, according to CISA figures.
皇冠体育app's 66 large-and medium-sized iron and steel enterprises generated 1.18
trillion yuan (about 144.9 billion U.S. dollars) from sales of their products in
2005, up 16.42 percent year on year.
However, their combined profits fell 10.62 percent to 76.8 billion yuan,
according to the CISA.
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