An employee inspects rolls of steel at the plant of German steel company Salzgitter AG in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, Germany, in this file photo. Global crude steel output rose 3.7 percent in November, industry data showed, but China’s campaign to clean its skies by clamping down on polluting steel mills is expected to bite. Crude steel output for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association hit 136.3 million tons in November versus 131.5 million tons in the same month last year, the association said. SD-Agencies |