US Steel will indefinitely idle its tubular steel mills in Texas and Ohio as a result of challenging market conditions and high import levels.

State Rep Abdullah Hammoud D-Dearborn, State Sens Stephanie Chang D-Detroit and Sylvia Santana D-Detroit are calling on Cleveland Cliffs to take all necessary measures to protect the safety and health of the workers immediately.

Market sources have also indicated that a west coast based steel mill is operating at about 30% capacity.

Inner Mongolia ferroalloys production in Jan-Feb up by 16% YoY.

Qinghai industrial power consumption in Jan-Feb up by 0.68% YoY.

China exported a total of 2988 tons of ferrosilicon (≤55%) from January to February, 2020, a decrease of around 35.6% year on year.

Appian offers credit support for mining companies

Ferrosilicon futures 2005 contract close at 5530 on Thursday March 26.