China's steelmakers look abroad as domestic pressures mount

Producers begin building mills in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa

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Steel rolls from China are seen after being unloaded at the Valparaiso port, Chile, on July 10. China's outbound shipments surged 22.7% in 2024 from the previous year. © Reuters

FAN RUOHONG, LUO GUOPING and DENISE JIA, Caixin

It wasn't the drop in production that alarmed China's steel industry this year. It was that demand fell even faster.

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