An employee monitors molten iron being poured into a container at a steel plant in Hefei, Anhui province September 9, 2013. China’s average daily crude steel output stood almost unchanged at 2.119 million tonnes between Aug. 21-31, compared with 2.118 million tonnes between Aug. 11-20, data from the China Iron & Steel Association showed on Monday. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES)