I Capacity Utilization
Unit in ten thousand tons |
Capacity Involved |
Running Capacity |
Capacity Utilization |
Weekly Change |
Blast Furnace |
77942 |
68836.8 |
88.325 |
-0.28% |
Wire Rod |
13865 |
12277 |
88.55% |
0.76% |
Rebar |
23355 |
21380 |
91.54 |
0.47% |
Section Steel |
2805 |
2575 |
91.80% |
- |
Medium Plate |
8636 |
8186 |
94.79% |
- |
HRC |
23837 |
22887 |
96.01% |
1.46% |
CRC |
8674 |
8310 |
95.80% |
-0.28% |
Quality & Special Bars |
5270 |
4466 |
84.74% |
-2.36% |
II Price Index
Unit in RMB/t |
Price Index |
Weekly Average |
Rebar |
4085 |
4077.77 |
Medium Plate |
4080 |
4076.39 |
HRC |
3939 |
3933.61 |
III Mill Inventory
Unit in ten thousand tons |
Inventory |
Weekly Change |
Rebar |
240.83 |
5.9 |
Wire Rod |
72.81 |
0.02 |
Total |
313.64 |
5.92 |
Note: 116 long steel producers are involved, together with 404
production lines.
Unit in ten thousand tons |
Inventory |
Weekly Change |
Medium Plate |
71.2 |
0.17 |
HRC |
84.63 |
2.23 |
CRC |
40.53 |
2.4 |
Total |
196.36 |
4.8 |
Note: 50 flat steel producers are involved, together with 152 production
lines.
IV Market Inventory
Unit in ten thousand tons |
Inventory |
Weekly Change |
Wire Rod |
205.5 |
3.42 |
Rebar |
613.93 |
20.9 |
Medium Plate |
148.46 |
-2.05 |
HRC |
337.7 |
9.95 |
CRC |
164.99 |
-2.9 |
Note: 40 markets are involved.
V Trading Volume
Unit in tons |
Weekly Average Trading Volume |
Weekly Change |
Rebar |
90194.5 |
4.8% |
HRC |
22144.33 |
5.7% |
Medium Plate |
21400 |
1.2% |
Note: 28 major markets are involved. |
(To contact the reporter on this story: leo.ji@steelhome.cn or 86-555-2238932) |