In the first five months, coal imports rose by 16.8 percent to hit 149 million tonnes.

The company kept prices unchanged for all of its steel products in June for a second consecutive month.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5920 yuan per ton on June 22.

He also said the company’s biggest customers were in the construction sector, which has been less hit by the pandemic than the auto industry.

Japan’s crude steel output for the year to March 2020 was 98.43 million tonnes, down 4.3% from a year earlier.

Lleading UK based structural steel group Severfield plc announced its results for the 12 month period ended 31 March 2020.

It anticipates that it will take some time for crude steel production levels to return to historical levels or planned levels of 2020.

India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies has recommended imposition of anti-dumping duties on tin milled flat rolled steel products.