BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) - * China March crude oil throughput rose 8.3 pct y/y to 51.5 mln tonnes, China’s statistics bureau said in a release on Tuesday, hitting the highest on a daily basis on Reuters records * China Q1 crude oil throughput +7.5 pct y/y at 148.7 mln tonnes * China Q1 coke output -3.2 pct y/y at 102.9 mln tonnes, * China March coke output -4.7 pct y/y at 35.6 mln tonnes * China March crude steel output +4.5 pct y/y at 73.98 mln tonnes * On daily basis, steel output in March was highest since Sept * China Q1 crude steel output +5.4 pct y/y at 212.2 mln tonnes * China Q1 non-ferrous output +2.4 pct y/y at 13.4 mln tonnes * China March non-ferrous output +3 pct y/y at 4.6 mln tonnes * China Q1 power generation +8 pct y/y at 1.58 trln kWh * China March power generation +2.1 pct y/y at 528.3 bln kWh * China’s coal output in March lowest since October - Reuters records (Reporting by Josephine Mason)
China experienced a couple of records in refinery run rates, including the highest crude oil throughput on a daily basis in March at 73.98 million mt, up 8.3% year-on-year, according to Reuters records. March crude steel output was also the highest since September in China at 51.5 million metric tonnes, up 4.5% year-on-year, and the power generation rate was up 8% year-on-year at 1.58 tn kWh.