U.S. Steel’s Q2 earnings are scheduled to be released Thursday. Although the stock fell to its 52-week low in May.

World crude steel production was 925.1 Mt in the first six months of 2019, up by 4.9% compared to the same period in 2018.

Korea imported 13464.3 tons of ferrosilicon(>55%) in June, 2019, down around 37.44 pct vs. the same period in 2018.

Japan imported a total of 35396 tons of ferrosilicon (>55%) in June.

Japan imported about 842 tons of ferrosilicon (≤55%) in June, including 320 tons from China, about 38 pct.

U.S. imported a total of 2,023,000 net tons (NT) of steel in June 2019, including 1,711,000 net tons (NT) of finished steel.

In 2018, total steel imports into the United States decreased 12 percent compared to the previous year.

2018年，美国钢铁进口量同比下降12%。