Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending March 5, 2022 in thousands of net tons: North East: 166; Great Lakes: 608; Midwest: 176; Southern: 743 and Western: 69 for a total of 1762.

From January to February 2022, China's pig iron output was 132.13 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 10.8%.

The 2205 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 9320 yuan per ton on March 15.

Silicomanganese futures close at 8660 on Mar.15

The 2205 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 9714 yuan per ton on March 14.

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 3,079,000 net tons (NT) of steel in January 2022.

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that steel import permit applications for the month of February totaled 2,274,000 net tons (NT)*.

For the month of January 2022, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,757,672 net tons, a 1.4 percent decrease from the 7,871,639 net tons shipped in the previous month, December 2021.