This is because upward momentum in property and infrastructure, which account for over 55% of China's total steel consumption, has slowed.

Japanese ferrous scrap exports rose by 28pc in June from May to 883,157t, boosted by increased price competitiveness against US exports in Asia.

The State Council, China's cabinet, has detailed multiple reform measures to improve business environment and invigorate the market.

The American Iron and Steel Institute reported that for the month of July 2020, U.S. steel mills shipped 6,035,596 net tons.

Cooperation is a key variable for the recovery of Latin America and the Caribbean in the post-pandemic phase.

For decades, China's infrastructure project providers have been heavily focused on building roads, bridges, dams, railways and airports both at home and abroad.

The listed arm of steelmaker HBIS Group Co Ltd announced that the group’s phase one steel plant project in the coastal city of Legang in Hebei province of China has become operational.

JSW Steel announced crude steel production of 1.317 million tonnes for August 2020.