[Ferro-Alloys.com] TMK, Russia's largest maker of steel pipes, said first-quarter shipments fell 3 percent year-on-year to 1.02 million tonnes and forecast a marginal decrease in shipments for 2014.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Mining giants Anglo American posted an increase in its iron ore and copper production in the first quarter of 2014, broadly in line with analysts’ forecasts, but its platinum output slumped, hit by a strike at its South African operations.

[Ferro-alloys.com] India's Supreme Court has lifted a ban on iron ore mining in the western state of Goa, but limited extraction to 20m tonnes a year.

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 141 million tonnes (Mt) in March 2014, an increase of 2.7% compared to March 2013.

China’s Power Generation and Steel Production Increased in March

China’s Power Generation and Steel Production Increase in March

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Japan's Kyushu Electric and Kansai Electric will each need to secure 1.49 GW of power supply from other utilities to meet summer peak demand and keep their reserve margins above 3%, officials from the utilities said Thursday.

Social Power Consumption of China up 7.2% in March