Japan imported 2578 tons of ferrosilicon (≤55%) in August.

China’s crude steel production for August 2019 was 87.3 Mt, an increase of 9.3% compared to August 2018.

AISI reported that the U.S. imported a total of 2,000,000 net tons (NT) of steel in August 2019.

Of the total coal imports in July 2019, non-coking coal shipment was at 12.66 MT.

In the week ending on September 14, 2019, US domestic raw steel production was 1,811,000 net tons.

In the week ending on September 7, 2019, domestic raw steel production was 1,835,000 net tons.

For the month of July 2019, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,115,103 net tons.

The US imported 11,152 mt of 55-80% ferrosilicon in July.