Brazil mining regulator orders closure of 25 Vale dams

Canadian first-quarter auto sales plunge 20% as COVID-19 takes toll: consultants

Chinese domestic coke prices set to be cut again: sources

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Bhilai Steel Plant recorded a 42% growth in production of prime 260 metre long rail panels in 2019-20 over 2018-19. During the same period, the plant also posted a 30% growth in overall production of prime rails.

Tata Steel has cut down production across all its major operations in Inda and Europe amid the COVID -19 outbreak.

Brazilian flat steel producer Usiminas has decided to shut down two blast furnaces at its Ipatinga unit and halt its Cubatão steelmaking facility in order to adjust its production to lower demand resulting from the outbreak of Covid-19, the company said on Thu...

Demand for flat steel products in Turkey was weak in March because of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Glencore's chrome joint venture in South Africa with Merafe Resources has declared force majeure on qualifying contracts after a nationwide lockdown forced operations to shut, a Merafe executive said.