Electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaker Nucor has lowered its plate prices for the first time in at least two years.

It was the second consecutive month that US steel production has lagged its prior year period.

Indian domestic hot-rolled coil dropped to 69,000 rupees/t ex-Mumbai on 20 May, down by 5pc from a year earlier, with sluggish demand.

Brazil's demand for power rose by 2.5pc in April from a year earlier, as consumption grew both in the regulated and free markets.

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Chile’s mining industry will have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a minimum by 2050 under the climate change bill approved by congress and sent to President Gabriel Boric to be signed into law.

XCMG Construction Machinery, a subsidiary of China's Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group, will supply mining and infrastructure equipment to Brazilian mining giant Vale.

China vanadium pentoxide imports in Jan-Apr 2022 by country/region.