OFFICIAL CORRECTION-Global steel output rose 1.0% yr/yr in October, says WorldSteel

(Corrects Nov. 22 story after WorldSteel said on Nov. 25 it had revised its data to show output rose 1.0% (not 0.4%) in October to 152.1 million tonnes (not 151.2 million tonnes)])

Nov 22 (Reuters) – Global crude steel production in October rose 1.0% from a year earlier to 152.1 million tonnes, World Steel Association data showed.

Crude steel output from China, the world’s top producer and consumer of the metal, rose 2.9% to 81.9 million tonnes in October, the data showed. (Reporting by Eric Onstad)

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