While a SAIL official confirmed reducing output by about 50 per cent over phone, an e-mail query sent to Tata Steel remained unanswered.

Colombian coal mines production may be interrupted amid lockdown.

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) is introducing new measures at its Pilbara operations in Western Australia to combat the coronavirus.

EUROPE HRC: Import offers slide further, adding pressure on domestic prices.

US hot-rolled coil index plunges on fears of long-term Covid-19 demand destruction.

Import prices for steel slab in Southeast Asia and East Asia tumbled further over the past week with the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to sap demand in the region.

GULF FLAT STEEL IMPORTS: Prices stable, demand very weak.

China’s energy system has successfully withstood the test posed by the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, but some problems also loomed up with the following features.