MEPS has upgraded its global crude stainless steel production forecast to 56.5 million tonnes, for 2021. This represents an 11 percent increase, year-on-year. Higher-than-expected first quarter output in Indonesia, and robust growth in China, are supporting the predicted upturn in supply. Indonesian stainless steel output reached an estimated 1.03 million tonnes in the first quarter …

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