In the week ending on October 1, 2022, domestic raw steel production was 1,700,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 77.1 percent.

It was a 9.2% decrease from the 2,485,000 permit tons recorded in August and a 10.1% decrease from the August final imports total of 2,510,000.

The report highlights that, in 2021, shipments from domestic steel mills measured 94.7 million net tons (NT), up 16.9 percent from the previous year.

Hot-rolled coil advanced 2.3%, while stainless steel gained 0.3%.

The world’s steel production stood at 1.95 billion tonnes in 2021, according to the World Steel Association.

Amid volatility in most commodity markets, iron ore has been relatively stable over the past two months.

This volume is only below what was recorded in September 2020, when Brazil exported 37.47 million tonnes for the month.

Toronto-listed Teck Resources said on Thursday that its third-quarter steelmaking coal sales were 5.6-million tonnes, which was within its revised guidance of 5.5-million to 5.9-million tonnes.