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

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

Prices in Australia, the biggest coal supplier to South Korea, were in the red this week.

Dalian Commodity Exchange limits iron ore trade volume on September, January contracts.

thyssenkrupp Steel Investing in New walking Beam Furnace at Duisburg.

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.

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.

China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 51.1pc in July from June's 50.9pc.