Up 16.5 Percent YTD in 2021 from Same Period in 2020.

The United States’ imports of finished steel products increased moderately month on month but ballooned year on year in September.

Adjusted year-to-date production through October 23, 2021 was 77,019,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 81.3 percent.

On Thursday, Fastmarkets approached the company for comment, but Ferroglobe officials had not confirmed the furnace restart at the time of writing.

“We remain bullish on 2022 [steel demand in Brazil],” Werneck said. “For flat steel, the outlook is positive.”

Erdemir Group produced 6.815 million tonnes of crude steel over the first nine months of 2021, equivalent to 23% of the national total.

Liquidity has been reduced on the spot market, with producers having low volumes of material available.

Fastmarkets' chrome ore South Africa UG2 concentrates index basis 42%, cif China dipped by $1 per tonne on October 26 to $154 per tonne.