Japanese crude steel output is forecast to tumble in the April-June quarter because of a sharp fall in manufacturing demand for steel products affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

GULF FLAT STEEL IMPORTS: Prices stable, demand very weak.

EUROPE HRC: Import offers slide further, adding pressure on domestic prices.

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) is introducing new measures at its Pilbara operations in Western Australia to combat the coronavirus.

Import prices for steel slab in Southeast Asia and East Asia tumbled further over the past week with the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to sap demand in the region.

US hot-rolled coil index plunges on fears of long-term Covid-19 demand destruction.

China's resumption of production has been accelerating with the jump of highway freight nationwide.

China Taiyuan coal transaction price index stood at 131.11 points Monday, down 0.8 percent week on week.