In order to ensure security of energy supply during winter, the German government has decided to temporarily return to coal-fired power plants. The first plant was already reactivated in early August.

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China's leading coal production base, has kicked its production into high gear to meet heating needs as cold waves send temperatures plunging in the country.

U.S. steel mills shipped 7,210,301 net tons, a 12.2 percent decrease from the 8,215,071 net tons shipped in October 2021.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending December 3, 2022 in thousands of net tons: North East: 139; Great Lakes: 541; Midwest: 196; Southern: 684 and Western: 70 for a total of 1630.

In order to ensure security of energy supply during winter, the German government has decided to temporarily return to coal-fired power plants. The first plant was already reactivated in early August.

In November, the largest steel import permit applications were for Canada (561,000 NT, down 11% from October final), Mexico (422,000 NT, down 38%).

The country imported 10.83 million tonnes of thermal coal in November, the Coalmint data showed, compared with 12.03 million tonnes in October and 9.45 million tonnes in November 2021.

China is making contributions to the FIFA World Cup finals that are underway in Qatar.