Japan's iron ore imports fell further in June, as domestic steel mills maintained output cuts under pressure from lower manufacturing sector demand because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The electricity consumption of the manufacturing industry was 1666 billion kwh, a year-on-year decrease of 3.0%.

Chinese-Australian coal firm Yancoal expects to produce 38mn t of saleable coal in 2020.

Sections prices have fallen as low as £430-440/t delivered, according to buy-side sources, despite rises in scrap and iron ore.

US coking coal prices held mostly steady at the end of this week, with European demand muted for the third quarter.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5566 yuan per ton on July 22.

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