The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5708 yuan per ton on April 22.

"More closures would be necessary, as demand shows little sign of recovery," said one US mining firm.

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) ramped up iron ore production and dispatch to 29.26 million tonne (mt) and 29.43 mt in 2019-20.

Integrated steelmaker ArcelorMittal is taking a planned outage at one of the blast furnaces at its Burns Harbor mill.

Work on four projects along the North-South railway will begin in May and June, according to the Transport Engineering Construction and Quality Management Bureau.

In the week ending on April 18, 2020, domestic raw steel production was 1,277,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 57.0 percent.

Those products enjoyed high export revenues in 2019.

ferro-alloys.com: Indian Ferromanganese Prices 22 April 2020