SAIL RSP Sets National Record for Steel Heats with BOF Supplied by SMS Group.

thyssenkrupp Steel Investing in New walking Beam Furnace at Duisburg.

China's manufacturing activity rises for second month in July.

Indonesia H2 coal production outlook bearish, seaborne fundamentals weak.

The 1.56mn metric ton (t)/yr blast furnace at Indiana Harbor was idled in March as the US economy shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Indian private-sector utility JSW Energy has terminated a proposed deal to acquire a coal-fired power plant in east India citing "continued uncertainty" amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

China's coal industry association the CCTD forecasts domestic coal supplies to exceed demand in this year's second half because of new production capacity starting up.

China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 51.1pc in July from June's 50.9pc.