Luo Bingsheng, deputy head of the association, expected the country's crude steel output to climb 8.2 percent this year from one year earlier, to reach 624 million tonnes.

中国钢铁工业协会常务副会长罗冰生预计，今年全年中国生产粗钢达6.24亿吨，比去年同期增长了8.2%。

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Luo Bingsheng, the deputy secretary of the steel association, said China has overseas mining rights capable of producing 150 million tons of iron ore each year, but most of them have not yet started producing.

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