JFE Steel announced its decision to idle part of its steel plate manufacturing operations in Japan on account of falling steel demand and faltering global economic growth situation.

EUROFER announced that real steel consumption in EU fell by 1.6% YoY in the third quarter of 2019 and stood at 38.5 million tonnes.

Lao exports to China continue to flow as normal despite the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, Lao news daily the Vientiane Times reported last Tuesday.

India has surpassed Japan in terms of annual steel production, becoming the second largest producer of crude steel in the world, after China.

The HBIS Group, one of the world's largest steelmakers based in northern China's Hebei province, has imported iron ore from the Brazilian mining giant Vale in use of RMB clearing.

worldsteel: Top 10 steel-producing countries in 2019.

PT Vale releases fourth quarter 2019 Production Report

Turkey, Iran, Russia said eyeing potential gap in China steel export markets