A new steel processing plant built by Shanxi Tongcai Industry and Trade became operational on Aug 17.

The listed arm of steelmaker HBIS Group Co Ltd announced that the group’s phase one steel plant project in the coastal city of Legang in Hebei province of China has become operational.

JSW Steel announced crude steel production of 1.317 million tonnes for August 2020.

The 2010 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5608 yuan per ton on September 11.

This week, the ferrosilicon market is becoming more and more calm, with the supply and demand sides basically stable.

AISI reported yesterday that steel import permit applications for the month of August totaled 1,394,000 net tons (NT)*.

In the week ending on September 5, 2020, domestic raw steel production was 1,428,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 63.7 percent..

Thermal coal prices for South Korea edged higher this week.