The iron ore market is choosing to focus on China’s efforts to stimulate its property sector, rather than on rising concerns over the potential economic fallout from surging COVID-19 cases and public
China's steel production continues to show a modest decline despite steelmakers facing poor profit margins, on the back of new pig iron and crude steel capacity launched in recent months, while a lack
In early September, European steelmakers were promoting significant price increases, to protect margins against soaring energy costs. This effort was supported by blast furnace shutdowns and other cap