In the week ending on May 30, 2020, domestic raw steel production was 1,206,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 53.8 percent.

Pennsylvania-based AK Coal Resources is closing over the next few months after a buyer did not come forward to take over the North Fork coking coal mine.

US steel imports drop sharply in May.

China’s Shanxi steps up small coal mine closures.

India’s largest steel mills to increase output in June.

WA iron ore shippers gear up for a big June.

In particular, mills with established long steel trade routes have been looking to offload the mounted pressure into Vietnam and China.

The European Union is looking to reorganise its restrictions on steel imports in a preemptive decision to protect the bloc from majors economic fluctuations as it recovers from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.