China produced 78.98 million tonnes in March, down 1.7 percent year on year, as mills cut back production due to relatively high stockpiles and weak profits amid the novel coronavirus epidemic, according to government data.

Output of raw coal in China fell 0.5 percent year on year to 830 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2020, official data showed.

China's imports of bulk commodities including iron ore, crude oil and coal, as well as essential agricultural products.

Erdos Group released its 2019 annual report on 15, April, 2020.

In the week ending on April 11, 2020, US domestic raw steel production was 1,256,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 56.1 percent.

CISA: Social inventories of steel products in early April,2020.

In Jan-Feb, Ferrosilicon production in Ordos City was 194.7 thousand tons.

Mongolia exported some 90,000 tons of coal to China in March, the Mongolian Customs General Administration (MCGA) said.