Japanese auto manufacturer Mazda is planning to restart two-shift production at all of its four domestic assembly plants in July to gradually restore output from Covid-19 lows.

Steelmakers are still expected to purchase another 50,000-100,000t of July-shipment deep-sea scrap, but almost all of their requirements have been met.

China has lowered the target for coal's share in its primary energy mix as it continues to encourage the use of cleaner energy to combat air pollution.

One rail line was re-opened at 03:00 local time this morning but there is no firm restart date planned for the second line, a spokesman for TFR said.

Steel is one of the sectors forecast to benefit the most from the agreement.

In the week ending on June 20, 2020, domestic raw steel production was 1,224,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 54.6 percent.

Non-prime steel or second-grade steel is not tested as per the relevant standards specification.

Japan's biggest carmaker Toyota Motor will maintain domestic production cuts next month but expects its July car output to recover from June's low.