In the same period, imports of soybeans rose 15.5 percent, pork imports grew by 132.2 percent and beef imports increased 38.8 percent.

The Nigerian government on Tuesday launched the commercial operation of the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri railway.

Mexican scrap prices mostly stable on low supply, US prices.

Steel inventories at member mills of the China Iron & Steel Association (CISA) and in the spot market both increased in early October.

JSW’s operational performance improved with the European steel market slowly recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

China's iron ore port stocks at 7-month high, Supply forecast to pick up further in Q4, But steel output seen rising 4%-5% in 2020

In the week ending on October 10, 2020, US domestic raw steel production was 1,502,000 net tons.

American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 1,300,000 net tons (NT) of steel in August 2020.