The increase took overall shipments for the last year to 407mn, slightly higher than a government-set target for the year of 400mn t.

In 2020, the total output of vanadium pentoxide was 19.5 mlb, a decrease of 3% from the same period last year. (Total production in 2019 is 2020 mlb)

Aim-listed vanadium miner Bushveld Minerals has achieved a 24% year-on-year increase in vanadium production from its high-grade assets in South Africa.

Vale released its 2020 production and sales report, which said that in 2020, Vale iron ore production accumulated 300.4 million tons, flat with 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2020, Vale ore production was 84.5 million tons, down 5% from the previous quarter.

According to the report of Brazilian Steel Association(IABr), Brazil crude steel production was 2.9 million tonnes in December 2020, an increase of 17.2% from a year earlier.

The American Iron and Steel Association (AISI) compiled a report based on preliminary data released by the US Census Bureau that the imports of steel in December were 1.494 million short tons (1.3553 million tons), an increase of 9% from a month earlier.

According to the American Iron and Steel Association (AISI), the last week of January (as of 30 January 2021), the US crude steel production is estimated at 1.725 million short tons (1.5649 million tons), down 9.5% from 1.906 million tons in the same period la...

According to preliminary data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. steel imports fell 21.2%t to 22.019 million tons in 2020 from a year earlier.