China's Tianjin port saw iron ore imports rise 13.6 percent year-on-year to around 37.86 million tons in the first half of this year, according to Tianjin Customs.

China's benchmark power coal price dropped slightly during the past week.

SSAB’s operating result for the second quarter of 2020 was SEK -251 million.

Sections prices have fallen as low as £430-440/t delivered, according to buy-side sources, despite rises in scrap and iron ore.

Chinese-Australian coal firm Yancoal expects to produce 38mn t of saleable coal in 2020.

US coking coal prices held mostly steady at the end of this week, with European demand muted for the third quarter.

Japan's iron ore imports fell further in June, as domestic steel mills maintained output cuts under pressure from lower manufacturing sector demand because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Trade unions in the UK suggest they will not allow the end of blast furnace steel production.