S African manganese ore miners Assore, UMK declare force majeure

Chamber of Commerce statistics, Privately operated steel enterprises in 2020 cumulative output of crude steel was 665.69 million tons, an increase of 5.98% from the same period last year.

Ordos City Ferrosilicon Production up 19.3% in 2020.

Ferroalloys Production in Ordos City up 15.8% in 2020.

On the morning of February 2, Chongqing Iron and Steel 3# blast furnace re-production and ignition success, marking the Chongqing Iron and Steel blast furnace system upgrading project completed, opened Chongqing Iron and Steel “three big one small” four blas...

China also added a net 1.2GW of nuclear capacity to 49.9GW, 12.1GW of hydro to 370.2GW and 55.6GW of thermal capacity to 1,245GW.

The Argus weekly domestic US HRC index was flat at $1,200/st ex-works Midwest last week. Lead times fell to 7-8 weeks from 8-9 weeks.

Weak Polish thermal coal imports early in 2021 could tighten availability of fine grades, which until recently were oversupplied in the country.