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 Guizhou to phase out small coal mines in 2020.

China registers stable growth in coal production.

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.