Shipments from the four largest iron ore producers in Western Australia's (WA) Pilbara rebounded in the week to 18 February from a two-year low the previous week.

US steelmaker Nucor has raised its flat rolled steel prices by $100/short ton (st) and set a minimum target price of $1,000/st for hot rolled coil (HRC) products.

Ferroalloy output down 12.4% in 2022 in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia.

A comparison of shipments for the full year 2022 to full year 2021 shows the following changes: corrosion-resistant sheet and strip down 8 percent, hot rolled sheet down 10 percent and cold rolled sheet down 15 percent.

This was a 9.8% increase from the 2,262,000 permit tons recorded in December and a 12.7% increase from the December final imports total of 2,203,000.

Industrial power consumption up 1.6% in 2022 in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia.

Coal output up 11.7% in 2022 in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia.

Coke output up 2.5% in 2022 in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia.