Protection and prevention measures in place to ensure worker safety.

A Chinese cargo ship carrying steel parts for construction of Croatia's Peljesac Bridge arrived at the southern port Ploce last Monday.

Province making strides in switching to renewable energy and protecting local environment.

Ukraine's interagency commission on international trade has decided to impose a 50.09% anti-dumping duty on imports of steel wires and wire ropes from Russia into Ukraine for five years.

Japan's slowing economy has steelmakers worried as the country's manufacturing sector sees more pressure from the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

While Turkish hot-rolled coil producers maintained strong prices amid higher raw material costs and low demand, mills raised cold-rolled coil and hot-dip galvanized sheet steel offer prices this week, sources said.

According to market sources, Italy's steelmakers have not yet made any production cuts due to the virus and steel shipments have not been impacted.

East China's Yantai port unloaded 317,000 tons of iron ores in 26 hours after a large-scale ship from Brazil berthed in the port on Feb 18.