China's investment in property rose 11.8% year on year to Yuan 1.31 trillion ($193.8 billion) in August.

Rio Tinto is seeking a new head of iron ore after it announced on Sept. 11 that Chris Salisbury will stand down at the end of this year.

The EU must level the playing field on imports of unabated coal-based electricity from third countries.

Major mills announced capacity shutdowns throughout April and May expecting an annual contraction of demand by at least 30%.

The US Department of Commerce adopted a final rule Sept. 11 to modernize the Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system, it said in a statement.

This week, the ferrosilicon market continued to maintain stable operation.

On a month-on-month basis, output was down 3.7%, while sales rose 3.5%.

China's domestic steel margins have slumped since the start of September due to high iron ore prices and a "correction" in finished steel prices, S&P Global Platts data shows.