Indonesia H2 coal production outlook bearish, seaborne fundamentals weak.

China's manufacturing activity rises for second month in July.

Dalian Commodity Exchange limits iron ore trade volume on September, January contracts.

The World Trade Organization last month set up a panel to rule on the complaint.

The 1.56mn metric ton (t)/yr blast furnace at Indiana Harbor was idled in March as the US economy shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Indian private-sector utility JSW Energy has terminated a proposed deal to acquire a coal-fired power plant in east India citing "continued uncertainty" amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Elkem achieved high capacity utilisation and good sales volumes in the second quarter of 2020.

Integrated steelmaker US Steel will keep its two remaining idled blast furnaces down for the rest of 2020.