The copper price continued to recover on Thursday as investors bet on a quick bounce back in economic activity in China once the viral outbreak is brought under control.

ferro-alloys.com:The steel group of China pleas for industry steadiness in the midst of coronavirus

Reuters reported that Japan’s top electric-arc furnace steelmaker Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd said that it would keep steel product prices unchanged for a fourth straight month in February.

Tongchuan, an industrial city and former coal production base in Shaanxi province, northwest China, needs to increase technological and conceptual innovation to achieve high-quality development, the top city official has said.

Russian Severstal's Q4 steel output, sales fall on quarter on furnace works.

However, CISA said steel demand from vehicle, ship and container manufacturing will decline in 2020.

China registers stable growth in coal production.

China's Guizhou to phase out small coal mines in 2020.