“Outages are going to be a blip on my radar because they’re planned. Eight planned outages are better than one unplanned [outage],” another distributor said.

Baosteel is looking to start up a hydrogen/natural-gas based DRI plant at its Zhanjiang facility in southern China.

But some steel industry observers think concerns might be overblown.

Eskom has announced slightly reduced load-shedding will be implemented from noon on Monday, 18 September 2023, due to an improvement in generation capacity and performance.

Below is the brief near-term outlook for five key steel products Mysteel shares on a weekly basis, drawing upon the results of related surveys and communication with Chinese market participants.

A top Indian minister held talks on boosting critical mineral mining cooperation with Canadian officials on Monday,

The industry accounts for 7 to 9 percent of Vietnam's total carbon emissions.

Specifically, the price of liquefied natural gas increased by 5.2 percent in early September compared to late August, and the price of sulfuric acid went up 20.2 percent.