Italian steel producers' association, Italian crude steel production fell by 7.9 percent year on year in June this year to 1.916 million tonnes.

Nickel price trend on July 22nd

LME nickel price trend on July 21st

European coal imports inched up from April's three-decade low, but were still sharply down on the year in May.

German imports will be 16-30pc down on the year in 2020, according to importers' association VDKI.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5566 yuan per ton on July 22.

The electricity consumption of the manufacturing industry was 1666 billion kwh, a year-on-year decrease of 3.0%.

Nickel price trend on July 21st