China's steel industry starts making profits
Updated: 2012-11-14 15:56
By Du Juan (chinadaily.com.cn)
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China's steel industry started making a profit in October and it may be able to offset its losses by the end of the year, said Wang Xiaoqi, vice-chairman of the China Iron and Steel Association, during an industrial conference on Wednesday.
He said the darkest time for the domestic steel industry is over.
After successive losses for months, the industry will recover because of increasing market demand in the fourth quarter, he said.
"The iron ore price is taking a declining path over the long term," said Li Xinchuang, head of the China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute during the conference.
"However, the scale of decline is narrowing," he added.
China's steel companies' costs for imported iron ore dropped by 18.43 percent during the first nine months, according to the association.
By the end of October, the country had imported 607.12 million metric tons of iron ore in total this year, up 8.9 percent year-on-year, customs figures show.
dujuan@chinadaily.com.cn
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