thyssenkrupp Steel Investing in New walking Beam Furnace at Duisburg.

The World Trade Organization last month set up a panel to rule on the complaint.

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.

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.

Elkem achieved high capacity utilisation and good sales volumes in the second quarter of 2020.

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

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.