China's New Economy Seen as Steel Output Falls Most in 6 Years

  • Global steel production slid 2.8% to 1.62 billion tons in 2015
  • `Oversupply on the world market urgently needs to be reduced'

A worker helps to lower steel pipes onto a truck at a storage yard in Shanghai.

Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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For evidence of China’s transition away from manufacturing and heavy industry, look at what is happening to steel.

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