World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 152.7 million tonnes (Mt) in July 2020.

The seaborne iron ore price hit more than six-year high Aug. 18, due to supply shortness of medium grade fines and a strong demand recovery in China post-pandemic.

A near-50pc surge in iron ore prices over the past three months has lifted the product's share of Chinese steel costs to an all-time high.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries was 152.7 million tonnes (Mt) in July 2020.

[ferro-alloys.com]Recently, after the meeting between Kinshasa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the country's largest miners, Congo grant mining companies an indefinite exemption from the export ban on cobalt hydroxide, carbonate and tin, tungsten ...

The 2010 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5772 yuan per ton on August 24.

Mechel PAO's Chief Executive Officer Oleg Korzhov commented on 1H2020 operational results:

Nickel price trend on August 24th