Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Baosteel), ka lālā i helu ʻia o ka mea hana kila nui loa o ka honua ʻo Kina Baowu Steel Group, e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ke kumukūʻai papa inoa o ka coil kila kalapona wela (HRC) e RMB 200/ton ($28.7/ton), e like me ka ʻoihana. Ma o kāna kulekele kumukūʻai hou i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka pō Pōʻakahi, ua hiki mai nā kūʻai kūloko ma Ianuali ma hope o ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai papa inoa o Dekemaba e RMB 100/ton.
E like me ka mea maʻamau, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻo Baosteel i ke kumukūʻai maoli o kāna huahana pākahi i kāna kulekele kumukūʻai mahina, akā ʻo ka nui wale nō o ka hoʻoponopono kumukūʻai. I Ianuali, ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kauoha i loaʻa iā Baosteel ma mua o Nowemapa, ʻo ke kumu nui ma muli o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana kila mai ka ʻoihana hana.