From January to December, China produced 1053 million tons of crude steel, with a year-on-year growth of 5.16%.

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued a regulation on carbon emissions trading, along with an allocation plan for emissions quotas on Jan 5. The regulation and the plan will take effect on Feb 1.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2020, China's crude steel output exceeded 1 billion tons, reaching 1.053 billion tons.

Recently, Bayi Iron and Steel issued the “2020 annual performance advance notice”(hereinafter referred to as “Notice”).

Recently, the Russian Federation of National Housing Builders complained to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Husnulin that Russian metal prices soared and steel prices rose 40 percent within a month.

There were increases in demand for building materials this year, Pham Van Bac, Director of the ministry’s Department of Building Materials said.

The steel output of Hoa Phat Group, Vietnam’s leading steel producer, exceeded the 5-million-tonne benchmark for the first time in 2020.

Japan's ferrous scrap exports in November slowed from a 2020 high in October as a surge in domestic scrap prices reduced supply available for export.