The blast furnace has a capacity of 1.3 million crude steel/year and the stoppage will at least be for four-six weeks.

An increase on the tariff on Turkish steel to 50% was announced by Trump via Twitter, but never officially implemented.

Ryzhenkov said he is in discussions with the Ukrainian government on a new law.

Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil were unchanged over the past week.

Billet and bloom exports totaled 2.96 million tonnes over the six months, an 88% rise year-on-year.

The investigation period spans April 2018 to March 2019, which represents the Indian financial year.

Frequent changes to the tariffs create uncertainty.

Adhering to green and intelligent development is fundamental to the healthy development of the steel industry in China, he said.