The country's coal output surged 12.2 percent year-on-year last month to 320 million tonnes.

Crude steel and steel-product output rose 9.9 percent and 11.4 percent to 492 million tons and 587 million tons, respectively.

Own coal production in 2Q 2019 increased by 18.1% to 1.5Mt.

Total steel shipments for 1H 2019 were 44.6 million metric tonnes representing an increase of 3.5% as compared to 1H 2018.

Total steel shipments in 2Q 2019 were 4.3% higher at 22.8Mt as compared with 21.8Mt for 1Q 2019.

Its own iron ore production in 2Q 2019 increased by 4.0% to 14.6Mt as compared to 14.1Mt in 1Q 2019.

In the week ending on August 10, 2019, US domestic raw steel production was 1,867,000 net tons.

World crude steel production was 925.1 Mt in the first six months of 2019, up by 4.9% compared to the same period in 2018.