The blast furnace has a capacity of 1.3 million crude steel/year and the stoppage will at least be for four-six weeks.

An increase on the tariff on Turkish steel to 50% was announced by Trump via Twitter, but never officially implemented.

"we do not expect growing foreign demand for US coal to supplant weaker domestic demand or reverse the industry's decline."

Ryzhenkov said he is in discussions with the Ukrainian government on a new law.

In the PRB, Arch expects reduced volumes and higher unit costs in Q4.

Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil were unchanged over the past week.

Prices of mid-grade Brazilian fines were up on Wednesday October 30, with a Brazilian Blend fines (BRBF) cargo fetching $85.60 per tonne.

Billet and bloom exports totaled 2.96 million tonnes over the six months, an 88% rise year-on-year.