BEIJING, Rabi'I 5, 1436, Dec 27, 2014, SPA -- China's crude steel output dropped 0.2 percent year on year in November, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country's top economic planner, announced Saturday. The drop compared with an increase of 4.2 percent reported in November 2013, state-run news agency Xinhua reported. In the first 11 months of 2014, crude steel production rose by 1.9 percent to 748.67 million tonnes, 5.9 percentage points slower than the same period last year. --SPA 23:41 LOCAL TIME 20:41 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w