Those products enjoyed high export revenues in 2019.

Indian state-run steel maker RINL has shut down two blast furnaces at its Visakhapatnam plant.

The 2009 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5708 yuan per ton on April 22.

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) ramped up iron ore production and dispatch to 29.26 million tonne (mt) and 29.43 mt in 2019-20.

"More closures would be necessary, as demand shows little sign of recovery," said one US mining firm.

The Vietnam Steel Association (VSA)’s member enterprises suffered a strong reduction in production and business in the first quarter of this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the week ending on April 18, 2020, domestic raw steel production was 1,277,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 57.0 percent.

Work on four projects along the North-South railway will begin in May and June, according to the Transport Engineering Construction and Quality Management Bureau.