Adjusted year-to-date production through November 14, 2020 was 68,959,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 66.9 percent.

Iranian steel producers exported 2.358 million tons of steel ingots and products during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), IRNA reported.

Japan ferrosilicon (≤55%) imports down 63.82% year on year in September, 2020.

Japan ferrosilicon (≤55%) imports down 45.83% year on year in Jan-Sep, 2020.

In September 2020, Japan imported 27693.078 tons of ferrosilicon, an increase of 125.55% over the previous month.

From January to September 2020, Japan imported 250201.03 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%).

Ukraine’s manganese ore imports declined by 7.5% in September,imports fell by 55.7% in the first nine months of 2020

U.S. imported a total of 1,255,000 net tons (NT) of steel in September 2020.