[Ferro-Alloys.com] TMK, Russia's largest maker of steel pipes, said first-quarter shipments fell 3 percent year-on-year to 1.02 million tonnes and forecast a marginal decrease in shipments for 2014.

[Ferro-alloys.com] India's Supreme Court has lifted a ban on iron ore mining in the western state of Goa, but limited extraction to 20m tonnes a year.

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 141 million tonnes (Mt) in March 2014, an increase of 2.7% compared to March 2013.

China’s Power Generation and Steel Production Increased in March

China’s Power Generation and Steel Production Increase in March

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Japan's Kyushu Electric and Kansai Electric will each need to secure 1.49 GW of power supply from other utilities to meet summer peak demand and keep their reserve margins above 3%, officials from the utilities said Thursday.

Social Power Consumption of China up 7.2% in March

Social Power Consumption of China up 7.2% in March