BEIJING, June 15 (Reuters) - China's
crude steel output fell 3.5% in May compared with a year earlier after COVID-19
lockdowns continued to weigh on demand for the material across manufacturing
and constructions sectors.
The world's biggest steel
producer made 96.61 million tonnes of the metal last month, data from
the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Wednesday.
The output was up 4% from
92.78 million tonnes in April.
(Reporting by Dominique
Patton; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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