Integrated steelmaker ArcelorMittal is taking a planned outage at one of the blast furnaces at its Burns Harbor mill.

Keetac can produce about 6 million net st of iron ore pellets each year.

Pakistan’s International Steels profit plunged 72% to PKR 655.6 million in the nine month period ended March 31, 2020.

On a quarterly basis, steel demand would be a washout in the first quarter of this fiscal, given the pan-India lockdown that would hurt construction.

ferro-alloys.com:The demand for Indian steel predictable to reduce by 7.7%

Business Recorder reported that Pakistan’s All Iron Steel Merchants Association has called for tax relief measures to safeguard the interests of the business community in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Infrastructure construction has gathered pace across China as the government ramped up funding to spur investment in the sector following basic containment of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

China's imports of bulk commodities including iron ore, crude oil and coal, as well as essential agricultural products.