Of the 4.64 million tonnes of total steel exports, Vietnam and China bought 1.4 million tonnes and 1.3 million tonnes of steel respectively.

China's benchmark power coal price remained flat during the past week.

China Taiyuan coal transaction price index stood at 124.46 points Monday, down 0.08 percent week on week.

Nickel price trend on September 2nd

LME nickel price trend on September 1st

The 2010 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5840 yuan per ton on September 2.

According to data released by AISI, in the week ending on August 29, 2020, US domestic raw steel production was 1,383,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 61.7 percent.

U.S. imported a total of 2,690,000 net tons (NT) of steel in July 2020.