Hebei Crude Steel Production increased in 2020.

Chamber of Commerce statistics, Privately operated steel enterprises in 2020 cumulative output of crude steel was 665.69 million tons, an increase of 5.98% from the same period last year.

On the morning of February 2, Chongqing Iron and Steel 3# blast furnace re-production and ignition success, marking the Chongqing Iron and Steel blast furnace system upgrading project completed, opened Chongqing Iron and Steel “three big one small” four blas...

China's transport ministry is expecting a big fall in travel during the lunar new year period.

The Argus weekly domestic US HRC index was flat at $1,200/st ex-works Midwest last week. Lead times fell to 7-8 weeks from 8-9 weeks.

China also added a net 1.2GW of nuclear capacity to 49.9GW, 12.1GW of hydro to 370.2GW and 55.6GW of thermal capacity to 1,245GW.

China imported 3.57mn t of coking coal last month, down by 4pc from 3.72mn t in November.

The country produced 30.14mn t of crude stainless steel in 2020, up by 2.51pc from 2019.