Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending March 5, 2022 in thousands of net tons: North East: 166; Great Lakes: 608; Midwest: 176; Southern: 743 and Western: 69 for a total of 1762.

From January to February 2022, China's pig iron output was 132.13 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 10.8%.

Guinea’s ruling junta has ordered a full halt of Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) vast Simandou iron ore project in the country’s southeast.

Japan's thermal power generation capacity is expected to fall this week on the back of increased maintenance.

LME nickel stockpiles have declined by 71pc to 75,318t on 14 March from a year earlier.

Meanwhile, the two countries account for 4% of seaborne supplies.

A mining company controlled by billionaire Robert Friedland is counting on getting access to a Liberian railway in order to develop its Nimba project in neighboring Guinea.

India: Sandur Mines to auction over 2,000 t manganese ore on 19 March