Reuters reported that Japan’s top electric-arc furnace steelmaker Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd said that it would keep steel product prices unchanged for a fourth straight month in February.

However, CISA said steel demand from vehicle, ship and container manufacturing will decline in 2020.

Russian Severstal's Q4 steel output, sales fall on quarter on furnace works.

China's steel demand expected to rise in 2020: report.

Vietnam suffers around 10.8 – 13.2 billion USD worth of economic losses associated with ambient air pollution each year, equivalent to 4.45 – 5.64 percent of the country’s GDP, heard a discussion in Hanoi on January 14.

Hoa Phat Group, the largest steel maker in the country, said it provided more than 2.77 million tonnes of high-quality construction steel to the market in 2019, a year-on-year surge of 16.8 percent.

Three local companies – Shagang Group, Jiangsu Yonggang Group Co, and Jiangsu Aoyang Health Industry Co – were also designated as pilot companies for the promotion of industrial integration.

Iranian media IRNA reported that Iran has defined 16 development projects in the steel sector which are aimed to boost the country’s output of steel products by 19 million tonnes in a course of five years.