Kevin Dempsey has taken over as interim chief executive at the steel industry's trade group, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).

According to Tianjin Customs, in the first half of this year, a total of 37.859 million tons of iron ore were imported at Tianjin port.

Electricity consumption of manufacturing industry up 4.7% YoY in June.

UK-Australian mining company BHP has maintained its iron ore production guidance at 276mn-286mn t in the July 2020 to June 2021 financial year.

In June, the production of raw coal was 330 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.2%.

Citigroup said in a report that by the end of this year, iron ore inventory in Chinese ports may increase to 140 million tons.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5600 yuan per ton on July 21.

A new manufacturing plant for antibody-drug conjugates and resistant products topped out recently in the Benxi High-tech Zone.