The company's saleable iron ore production stood at 1.08mn t over the three-month period, while sales edged up by 2pc against the previous year, to 1.34mn t.

Integrated steelmaker US Steel is indefinitely idling a blast furnace at its Mon Valley Works in Pennsylvania.

Steelmaker Nucor is keeping its plate prices flat, just weeks after announcing lower pricing.

The daily Argus ICX 62pc iron ore index was at $96.15/dry metric tonne today, down 19pc from a year earlier.

US steelmakers' attempts to correct the oversupply may be swamped by new capacity coming online.

Tata Steel approved a merger with its seven metal subsidiaries last month to increase operational efficiency and reduce costs.

Private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.43tn, 0.6pc below the July estimate of $1.44tn.

Peru’s mining exports fell in the first eight months, the first accumulated year-on-year drop in 2022.