The growth of China's CPI will pause downside trending in June, as the major inflation indicator saw its year-on-year increase slow for the fourth consecutive month at 5.2 percent in February, 4.3 percent in March.

India Ratings and Research’s in latest report said that domestic gross spreads per tonne, realisation per tonne of steel minus raw material cost per tonne of steel.

The South Korean coal market firmed slightly this week, with coal still ahead of gas in the merit order for power generation as seasonal cooling demand ramps up.

Chinese manufacturing activity strengthened in June but the leading indices provided further evidence that the country's steel market recovery will be largely domestically-driven.

The daily Argus-assessed low volatile price ends the week unchanged at $107.50/t fob Hampton Roads.

Vietnamese industrial production was greatly affected by COVID-19 in the first half of 2020 but has gradually bounced back since May, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Chinese demand keeps Korean steel export steady in June.

Indian state-controlled mining firm Coal India's (CIL) production and supplies to domestic buyers fell again in June from the previous year because of weak demand and high domestic coal stocks.