[Ferro-Alloys.com] Toyota Motor Corp has decided to again postpone the reopening of its automaking plants in Brazil by two months amid plunging demand and in order to prevent the Covid-19 virus from spreading among its workers, the company said on Monday April 13.

US hot-rolled coil prices remain modestly below $25 per hundredweight as mills seek to keep them from falling into loss-making territory amid a steep drop in demand.

Steel output at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (AMKR) in Ukraine dropped by 7.14% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020 on the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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