Global steel production also registered a fall during the month under review, the data showed.

Of the 4.64 million tonnes of total steel exports, Vietnam and China bought 1.4 million tonnes and 1.3 million tonnes of steel respectively.

According to data released by AISI, in the week ending on August 29, 2020, US domestic raw steel production was 1,383,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 61.7 percent.

China's steel sector registered notable output growth in July as the country's economic recovery consolidates, industry data showed.

In Jan-Jun, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, produced 636 thousand tons of ferrosilicon.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 152.7 million tonnes (Mt) in July 2020.

"As Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant launched its upgraded ore thermal furnace #3, the plant increased output and sales of ferrosilicon (+46% quarter-on-quarter)."

World crude steel production for the 64 countries was 152.7 million tonnes (Mt) in July 2020.