Ordos City Ferrosilicon Production up 19.3% in 2020.

According to the American Iron and Steel Association (AISI), the last week of January (as of 30 January 2021), the US crude steel production is estimated at 1.725 million short tons (1.5649 million tons), down 9.5% from 1.906 million tons in the same period la...

On the morning of February 2, Chongqing Iron and Steel 3# blast furnace re-production and ignition success, marking the Chongqing Iron and Steel blast furnace system upgrading project completed, opened Chongqing Iron and Steel “three big one small” four blas...

Russian integrated steel producers NLMK, Severstal and MMK increased raw material production in 2020.

The Argus weekly domestic US HRC index was flat at $1,200/st ex-works Midwest last week. Lead times fell to 7-8 weeks from 8-9 weeks.

Weak Polish thermal coal imports early in 2021 could tighten availability of fine grades, which until recently were oversupplied in the country.

China's transport ministry is expecting a big fall in travel during the lunar new year period.

China also added a net 1.2GW of nuclear capacity to 49.9GW, 12.1GW of hydro to 370.2GW and 55.6GW of thermal capacity to 1,245GW.