Brazil raw steel output falls 0.5 % in June, AÇO BRASIL says

SAO PAULO, 18 July (Reuters) – Raw steel output in Brazil fell 0.5 % to 2.836 million tonnes in June in an annual basis, Aco Brasil, the group that represents mills, said on Friday. Sales in the local market rose 2.2 % to 1.882 million tonnes in the June from the same period a year earlier,the institute, known as Aço Brasil, said in a report.