The U.S. imported a total of 3,028,000 net tons (NT) of steel in July 2019.

China exported a total of 18726.836 tons of ferrosilicon (≤55%) in July, 2019.

China exported a total of 243767.324 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%) from January to July, 2019.

China exported a total of 25564.814 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%) in July, 2019.

China exported a total of 1887.725 tons of ferrosilicon (≤55%) in July, 2019.

The country's coal output surged 12.2 percent year-on-year last month to 320 million tonnes.

Crude steel and steel-product output rose 9.9 percent and 11.4 percent to 492 million tons and 587 million tons, respectively.

Own coal production in 2Q 2019 increased by 18.1% to 1.5Mt.