Chinese steelmaking raw materials dropped on Friday, with iron ore and coking coal futures down more than 5% at one point, as production at steel mills stayed sluggish amid government curbs.
Capacity utilisation rates of blast furnaces at 247 steel firms across China declined for the seventh straight week and stood at 74.8% as of Friday, down from 75.2% a week earlier,
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