The 1,500th train this year entered the port around 9:45 am on Friday on its journey to Russia from the eastern Chinese city of Hefei.

Finished steel imports with large increases in August permits vs. the July final imports included sheets and strip electrolytic galvanized (up 139%).

Ozone now second-biggest airborne pollutant after fine particulate matter

The listed arm of steelmaker HBIS Group Co Ltd announced that the group’s phase one steel plant project in the coastal city of Legang in Hebei province of China has become operational.

AISI reported yesterday that steel import permit applications for the month of August totaled 1,394,000 net tons (NT)*.

In the week ending on September 5, 2020, domestic raw steel production was 1,428,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 63.7 percent..

The decision to bring the capacities back is connected to the relining of a BF at ArcelorMittal Gent in Belgium, the company said.

US exports of hot-briquetted iron (HBI) continued to shift toward China in July to meet increased demand for metallics from the world's leading steelmaker.