[Ferro-Alloys.com] South African mining production increased by 7.5% year-on-year in January, Statistics South Africa’s data shows. This was the biggest year-on-year rise in mining output since November 2017 when production increased by 7.8%.

Over 20,000 safety guidance groups across the country have inspected 223,000 enterprises and rectified 168,000 potential problems as of now to ensure the safety of the resumption of production and work, an official with the Ministry of Emergency Management sai...

China's iron and steel sector saw overall stable growth in 2019, as the continued effort in cutting overcapacity filtered through, data showed.

China Taiyuan coal transaction price index stood at 133.11 points Monday, down 0.04 percent week on week.

In the week ending on March 14, 2020, US domestic raw steel production was 1,878,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 80.5 percent.

The organization said this region has sufficient resources to meet its future electricity demands.

According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Chinese auto sales in February plunged 79.1% year on year to only 310,000 units.

US Federal Reserve announced that it is dropping its benchmark interest rate to zero and launching a new round of quantitative easing entailing USD 700 billion worth of asset purchases of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities.