The steelmaker has informed some customers that some orders for January production would have to be delayed until February.

The No.4 furnace at Gary has a rated annual capacity of 1.36 million st/year, according to data from the Association for Iron and Steel Technology.

A spokeswoman for US Steel declined to comment Nov. 19 on the potential restart, stating the company does not comment on rumors or speculation.

Thyssenkrupp received a non-binding offer from Liberty Steel for its steel unit in October.

Australian Vanadium (ASX:AVL) signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with chemical producer US Vanadium for future vanadium offtake sourced from the miner’s Vanadium project in Western Australia.

South32's offer price for China manganese ore was released

The 2101 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 6346 yuan per ton on December 2.

The accelerated speed of change is not likely to stop.