Italian steel producers' association, Italian crude steel production fell by 7.9 percent year on year in June this year to 1.916 million tonnes.

European coal imports inched up from April's three-decade low, but were still sharply down on the year in May.

German imports will be 16-30pc down on the year in 2020, according to importers' association VDKI.

From January to May, Russia exported 6.38 million tons of semi-finished carbon steel products, a year-on-year decrease of 0.7%.

The company's sales also declined 19.58 per cent to 6,94,000 tonnes in the June quarter as against sales of 8,63,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2019-20.

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that steel import permit applications for the month of June totaled 2,003,000 net tons (NT)*.

2020年5月，美国共进口钢材产品179.2万吨，较4月份数据下降35.5%。

U.S. imported a total of 1,792,000 net tons (NT) of steel in May 2020.