Major mills announced capacity shutdowns throughout April and May expecting an annual contraction of demand by at least 30%.

The EU must level the playing field on imports of unabated coal-based electricity from third countries.

On a month-on-month basis, output was down 3.7%, while sales rose 3.5%.

The US Department of Commerce adopted a final rule Sept. 11 to modernize the Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system, it said in a statement.

China's domestic steel margins have slumped since the start of September due to high iron ore prices and a "correction" in finished steel prices, S&P Global Platts data shows.

This is because upward momentum in property and infrastructure, which account for over 55% of China's total steel consumption, has slowed.

The 2010 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5644 yuan per ton on September 17.

Only 18% of respondents expected their iron ore requirements to increase in Q4.