China exported 31390.5 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%) from January to February, 2020.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 143.3 million tonnes (Mt) in February 2020, a 2.8% increase compared to February 2019.

In mid-March, social inventory of 5 varieties of steel in 20 cities was 20 million tons.

Crude steel production up by 3.7% YoY from January to February.

Raw ore volume of iron ore in Hebei up by 3.8% YoY rom January to February.

Ferroalloys production of Kazakhstan in February was 171563 tons, down by 9.5% vs. January, 2020.

Until March 16, cumulative power supply of Ordos City was 9950 million kwh.

In the week ending on March 14, 2020, US domestic raw steel production was 1,878,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 80.5 percent.