Nippon Steel aims to boost FY18/19 crude steel output by 3-6 pct

TOKYO, April 26 (Reuters) - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp, Japan's biggest steelmaker, aims to boost crude steel output by 3 to 6 percent in the year through March 2019 from the previous year, when system trouble and typhoons caused slow production, its executive said on Thursday.