China steel sector slows growth due to coronavirus outbreak.

Most cities in the three Chinese regions with the worst air quality beat their air pollution control targets from October to March, in sharp contrast with their poor performance in the previous heating supply season.

China’s EV battery sector frets over supply

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Ferndale Mayor Greg Hansen took “a nice, long walk in the rain’’ to compose himself Wednesday before agreeing to speak about the announced closure of the nearby Alcoa aluminum smelter — it’s a huge blow to a community already reeling.

China's quick recovery from the Covid-19 outbreak has steadied iron ore prices this year, but global steel production cuts could divert 4mn-5mn t/month of iron ore to China and start to weigh on its spot markets, especially for pellet.

China's CRC prices slump 19% to date in 2020 on weak appliance, auto sectors

The global steel industry is being impacted as our customers are hit by shutdowns.

The US produced 7.2 Mt of crude steel in March 2020, a decrease of 6.0% compared to March 2019.