Ferrosilicon tender notice of June, 2020 (05/08/2020).

Japan's power demand in April fell compared with a year earlier, with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic offsetting a weather-driven demand increase.

Ferrosilicon tender price in May of HBIS Group up by 120 yuan per ton.

“Industrial activities (in China) are practically at their normal levels…Civil construction is also rising daily and steel and iron ore stocks are falling,” he said.

India has set up a project monitoring unit to speed up the development of coal mines and raise domestic output, as part of its broader aim to cut imports.

Cleveland-Cliffs expects its US steelmaking operations to begin normalizing over the second and third quarters, depending on automotive plant restarts.

Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor has projected that its global car sales will fall by 22pc from a year earlier.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5840 yuan per ton on May 12.