China's steel industry sees PMI of 50.9% in May
2020-06-01 11:56:26 [Print]
The PMI of China's steel industry in May issued by CFLP Steel Logistics Professional Committee was 50
. 9%, up by 5 percentage points MOM, marking that the domestic steel industry recovered more rapidly . Sub-indexes indicate that China's steel output kept increasing in May; market demand tended to pick up, driving enterprises and the society to speed up destocking, raw materials to rise significantly and enterprises to basically keep stable employment activities . It's expected that the domestic steel mills' production growth rate would decline in June when the demand for steel would be tight and raw material prices would remain high.