11.   The masses joined the race to increase steel output with backyard furnaces, believing the Great Helmsman would lead them out of their long history of poverty and feudalism.

12.   All reported lower crude steel output, while prices were expected to recover, at least in the domestic market, in the second half to March.

13.   Japanese steel maker Kawasaki Steel Corp. said Wednesday it had developed technology for recycling zinc and iron collected from the residue of steel output at electric furnaces.

14.   Observers expect demand to remain sustained thanks to higher steel output in Asia and the West.

15.   NKK said it would decide whether to raise crude steel output in line with demand and supply for crude steel in the Asian market.

16.   Specialty products account for only a small portion of international steel output.

17.   The Chinese government has announced further cuts in domestic steel output in a bid to reduce mounting stockpiles and stabilise volatile market prices, a report said Friday.