SAIL RSP Sets National Record for Steel Heats with BOF Supplied by SMS Group.

thyssenkrupp Steel Investing in New walking Beam Furnace at Duisburg.

China's manufacturing activity rises for second month in July.

Indian private-sector utility JSW Energy has terminated a proposed deal to acquire a coal-fired power plant in east India citing "continued uncertainty" amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The 1.56mn metric ton (t)/yr blast furnace at Indiana Harbor was idled in March as the US economy shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Elkem achieved high capacity utilisation and good sales volumes in the second quarter of 2020.

Integrated steelmaker US Steel will keep its two remaining idled blast furnaces down for the rest of 2020.

China's coal industry association the CCTD forecasts domestic coal supplies to exceed demand in this year's second half because of new production capacity starting up.