Dalian Commodity Exchange limits iron ore trade volume on September, January contracts.

thyssenkrupp Steel Investing in New walking Beam Furnace at Duisburg.

The World Trade Organization last month set up a panel to rule on the complaint.

China's manufacturing activity rises for second month in July.

The 1.56mn metric ton (t)/yr blast furnace at Indiana Harbor was idled in March as the US economy shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Indian private-sector utility JSW Energy has terminated a proposed deal to acquire a coal-fired power plant in east India citing "continued uncertainty" amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Elkem achieved high capacity utilisation and good sales volumes in the second quarter of 2020.

China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 51.1pc in July from June's 50.9pc.