Despite the severe disruption of the global movement of goods during the early stages of Covid-19, most countries and companies were able to introduce mechanisms to allow for activity to resume.

Innovation and application of new technology will be vital to unlocking resource exploration potential, diversified miner BHP said this week.

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 2,422,000 net tons (NT) of steel in January 2021.

For the month of January 2021, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,420,816 net tons which is a 5.3 percent increase from the 7,049,785 net tons shipped in the previous month.

Finished steel imports with large increases in February permits vs. the January preliminary imports include tin plate (up 213%), sheets and strip electrolytic galvanized (up 151%).

“Water isn’t just a technical issue, it is very much a stakeholder issue”, ERM partner Caroline Vail stated during a panel hosted by international law firm Fasken on March 11.

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published five cold-formed steel test standards.

Efforts will be made to strictly control new production capacity in heavy and chemical industries, and cut crude steel output to ensure it falls year after year, Xiao said.