Australia's coal industry is reviewing plans for expansion and sustaining capital expenditure as they attempt to conserve cash amid fears that coal prices will return to a long period of historical lows below those seen in 2015-16.

The seaborne thermal coal market is oversupplied by around 40mn t and a demand-supply imbalance could persist for much of this year as the Covid-19 pandemic dents economic activity.

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

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

China's power output increased in the first half of April as many industries resumed operations.

The steel industry was affected by the virus in the first quarter of 2020.

In March, Ningxia's industrial power generation was 15.25 billion kwh, an increase of 10.7% year on year.

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) ramped up iron ore production and dispatch to 29.26 million tonne (mt) and 29.43 mt in 2019-20.