Atlantic Nickel’s Santa Rita marks Q1 milestones

Pennsylvania-based AK Coal Resources is closing over the next few months after a buyer did not come forward to take over the North Fork coking coal mine.

The Shanxi government also plans to reduce the number of coal mines to no more than 900 by the end of this year.

In the week ending on May 30, 2020, domestic raw steel production was 1,206,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 53.8 percent.

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) released its Short Range Outlook (SRO) for 2020 and 2021.

US steel imports drop sharply in May.

In May, the largest finished steel import permit applications for offshore countries were for South Korea.

U.S. imported a total of 2,773,000 net tons (NT) of steel in April 2020.