Based on the Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that steel import permit applications for the month of February totaled 1,823,000 net tons (NT)*.

The American Iron and Steel Institute CEO to Retire.

The Covid-19 outbreak is likely to adversely impact Indian steel prices.

Swiss major IMR Metallurgical Resources-AG has proposed to set up a steel plant in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh at an investment of over Rs 12,000 crore and an annual production capacity of 10 million tonnes.

State-owned SAIL has supplied special grade steel plates produced at its Bhilai unit for the country's first human space mission programme -- Gaganyaan, a company official has said.

The novel coronavirus epidemic will boost the expansion of the 5G network in the country, as the central authorities recently called for accelerated construction of the 5G network.

China's steel sector slowed down in February as market demand weakened amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a report from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) showed.

China's coal-rich province of Shanxi has seen more than 500 coal mines resume production in February, which ensured energy supply amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus.