"To address long-term market developments and the effects of coronavirus," Thyssenkrupp announced to cut 5,000 more jobs, bringing the total of its layoffs to 11,000.

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that steel import permit applications for the month of October totaled 1,643,000 net tons (NT)*.

OM Holding Limited released its September 2020 Quarterly Production and Market Update recently.

The first export consignment is scheduled to leave the Chattogram port, some 242 km southeast of the capital Dhaka, on Nov. 21, the company said in a statement.

The 2101 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5998 yuan per ton on November 19.

Toshiba Corp. on Wednesday announced that it will stop taking new orders to build coal-fired power plants as it shifts towards greener, renewable energy.

China's benchmark power coal price rose slightly during the past week.

During the quarter ended 30 September 2020, FeSi production volumes decreased by 16% while manganese alloys production reduced marginally by 3%.