China's daily crude steel output down in late July

BEIJING -- China's major steel mills saw their average daily output of crude steel decrease 7.25 percent in late July from that recorded in mid-July, industrial data showed.

The daily crude steel output stood at 1.89 million tons in late July, according to the China Iron and Steel Association.

Major steel producers churned out a total of 20.79 million tons of crude steel in late July, the data showed.

During this period, daily production of pig iron went down 7.72 percent from mid-July, while that of rolled steel lost 5.35 percent, the data showed.