China’s crude steel production for August 2019 was 87.3 Mt, an increase of 9.3% compared to August 2018.

AISI reported that the U.S. imported a total of 2,000,000 net tons (NT) of steel in August 2019.

China exported 23038.369 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%) in August.

China exported 266745.693 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%) from January to August.

China exported 2203.023 tons of ferrosilicon (≤55%) in August.

China exported 20989.859 tons of ferrosilicon (≤55%) in the first months of 2019.

The growth of China's raw coal production slowed down in August, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.

Of the total coal imports in July 2019, non-coking coal shipment was at 12.66 MT.