Steel mill blast furnace production remains stable, with pig iron production still at a high level.

Jul 09, 2025, at 3:30 pm
SMM

According to the SMM survey, on July 9, the operating rate of blast furnaces at 242 steel mills surveyed by SMM was 87.28%, down 0.26 percentage points WoW. The capacity utilization rate of blast furnaces was 89.23%, down 0.07 percentage points WoW. The daily average pig iron production of the sampled steel mills was 2.4118 million mt, down 1,900 mt WoW.

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