AISI announced that in the week ending on May 2, 2020, domestic raw steel production was 1,144,000 net tons.

JSW Steel Limited has reported crude steel production at 0.563 million tonnes for April 2020.

In Q1, 2020, Japan imported 96494.598 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%), down by 8.7% YoY.

Affected by the coronavirus, European steel enterprises will face a 75% reduction in new orders, according to Eurofer.

Ferronickel market weekly comment(April 26th-April 30th) The price of high grade ferronickel price went up in this week

Nickel ore market weekly comment(April 26th-April 30th): The prices of Laterite-Nickel ore was stable this week

Electrolytic nickel market weekly comment(April 26th-April 30th) LME nickel price rose up in general, the price of electrolytic nickel was not stable

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5830 yuan per ton on April 30.