Swedish start-up H2 Green Steel has raised €190mn ($189mn) in a financing round, for its initiative to decarbonise steel production by around 95pc using renewable hydrogen.

South Korean ferrous scrap imports fell by 24pc from a year earlier in July because of cheaper domestic scrap and high inventory levels.

More European steelmakers are announcing increases following ArcelorMittal's announcement last week.

The increases are underpinned primarily by higher production costs.

Integrated steelmaker US Steel and its union membership appear to be at an impasse over contract negotiations.

Brazil's power market will not need to choose between sustainability or generation capacity if both are priced efficiently.

The firm's subsidiary Keppel Energy will hire Japan's Mitsubishi Power Asia Pacific and Singapore-based Jurong Engineering to build the Keppel Sakra Cogen Plant, located in the Sakra sector of Jurong Island.

CMC recycles and manufactures steel and metal products at its facilities in the US and in Poland.