Despite the severe disruption of the global movement of goods during the early stages of Covid-19, most countries and companies were able to introduce mechanisms to allow for activity to resume.

The import price of stainless steel in East Asia has declined with the decline of international nickel price in the past week.

Innovation and application of new technology will be vital to unlocking resource exploration potential, diversified miner BHP said this week.

Finished steel imports with large increases in February permits vs. the January preliminary imports include tin plate (up 213%), sheets and strip electrolytic galvanized (up 151%).

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 2,422,000 net tons (NT) of steel in January 2021.

For the month of January 2021, U.S. steel mills shipped 7,420,816 net tons which is a 5.3 percent increase from the 7,049,785 net tons shipped in the previous month.

“Water isn’t just a technical issue, it is very much a stakeholder issue”, ERM partner Caroline Vail stated during a panel hosted by international law firm Fasken on March 11.

Britain's government has intervened in a plan for a new deep coal mine in northern England after climate change advisers said the project would "increase global emissions".