Still, steel prices remain well below a record high of CNY 6198 a tonne reached in May, as China pledged to limit crude steel output in 2021 at no higher than 1.065 billion tonnes it made last year. Meanwhile, China's domestically-produced iron ore concentrates slipped for a 4th week on August 16-20, amid lower demand from Chinese mills due to lower steel output, Perfectrding to Mysteel.