Total steel shipments for 1H 2019 were 44.6 million metric tonnes representing an increase of 3.5% as compared to 1H 2018.

Total steel shipments in 2Q 2019 were 4.3% higher at 22.8Mt as compared with 21.8Mt for 1Q 2019.

Its own iron ore production in 2Q 2019 increased by 4.0% to 14.6Mt as compared to 14.1Mt in 1Q 2019.

In the week ending on August 10, 2019, US domestic raw steel production was 1,867,000 net tons.

U.S. Steel’s Q2 earnings are scheduled to be released Thursday. Although the stock fell to its 52-week low in May.

World crude steel production was 925.1 Mt in the first six months of 2019, up by 4.9% compared to the same period in 2018.

Korea imported 13464.3 tons of ferrosilicon(>55%) in June, 2019, down around 37.44 pct vs. the same period in 2018.

Japan imported a total of 35396 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%) in June.