In December 2020, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,049,785 net tons, a 4.4 percent increase from the 6,753,447 net tons shipped in the previous month.

China's producer prices went up in January amid a steady recovery in domestic demand, official data showed Wednesday.

Higher steel prices, lower coking coal prices and manageable iron ore prices have led to improved margins for steel companies, the analyst said.

The lab in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, was jointly built by the Shanxi provincial government, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and two local enterprises.

Tata Steel, an Indian steel producer, plans to double the steel capacity of its existing plants in Orissa and Jarkand to 40 million tons a year, the Economic Times reported.

In the early 1990s, from an aircraft descending into Beijing, I looked down upon a landscape of heavy industry stretching along a mountain-lined valley.

"Both countries have amazing smart people in the younger generation that would be proud to be part of this," Gates said.

The campaign will last until the end of March.