Market conditions encouraged Chinese steel mills undergo longer maintenance during the Summer. Paradoxically, steel output from electric-arc furnaces declined faster that from blast-furnaces, power consumption in China in Aug’24 rose +7.4% YoY to a new record thanks to air-con demand and industrial output rising +4.5% YoY.
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