According to reports, Chinese steel companies are looking for new export destinations in Africa and South America, as exports to Southeast Asia, the largest overseas market, have fallen at a double-digit rate.

According to the latest steel import monitoring and analysis data released by the US Department of Commerce, the total number of US crude steel import license applications in May was 2.94 million short tons, a decrease of 26.3% compared with the previous period, and the actual crude steel import volume in April was also reduced by 21.3%.

According to the Financial Tribune news on June 20, in the first two months of this fiscal year (starting on March 21st), Iranian steelmakers produced a total of 7.66 million tons of billet and steel, an increase of 13% compared to the same period of last year.

The Indonesian government announced recently that it plans to introduce measures to protect its steel market.

Recently, ArcelorMittal announced its performance in thefirst quarter of 2018. In the first quarter of 2018, Arcelor Mittal's operating income increased to US$1.6 billion, a steady year-on-year increase ...

The Indonesian government announced recently that it plans tointroduce measures to protect its steel market. Indonesian Minister of Industry Al Ergun added that at the2018 annual ...

Accordingto the Korea Iron and Steel Association, from January to May, the total amountof slabs imported from South Korea decreased by 11.2% to 255,694 tons.

On June 28th, the official oven of Malaysia's United Steel No. 2 blast furnace, which was built by Shanghai Baoye, marked the further start of the official production of No. 2 blast furnace.

In the week ending July 7, 2018, the domestic domestic crude steel output was 1.792 million tons, and the capacity utilization rate was 76.4%.

In July, Korean cold-rolled flat product manufacturers began to increase prices. Among them, South Korea's Eastern Steel has identified new price tags, and other companies such as South Korea's Dongkuk Steel and South Korea's Shiya Group also participated in the price increase.

In the first half of July, the international steel market was first suppressed and then raised. In the middle of the month, the global steel benchmark price index of 123.7 points rose by 0.3% on a week-on-week basis.

At present, the Vietnamese economy is in a stable development stage. Many real estate projects and transportation infrastructure projects are under construction, and the Vietnamese steel industry is showing good growth. In the second half of 2018, this situation will continue and Vietnam's steel output is expected to increase by 20% year-on-year.

Currently, Korean steel pipe manufacturers are struggling to cope with the threat of a decline in exports. South Korean steel pipe industry said that before the Korean steel pipe exports continued to rise, but began to deteriorate in the middle of this year, and the situation in the second half may be even worse.

According to reports, India exported 1.35 million tons of steel in the first quarter of this fiscal year, down 33.7% year-on-year.

According to the forecast released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan's crude steel output in the third quarter of this year will reach 26.54 million tons, an increase of 2.3%.

In June 2018, the global crude steel output of 64 countries included in the World Steel Association statistics was 151.4 million tons, up 5.8% year-on-year.

The international steel market in July was generally stable. At the end of the month, the global steel benchmark price index of 123.2 points fell by 0.1% on a week-on-week basis (down from up to down), down 0.4% month-on-month and up 20.2% month-on-month.

Recently, the World Steel Association released "Steel Statistics 2018", which announced the average per capita consumption of steel in 2017 for 46 statistical units including the world, countries, regions, and continents. In 2017, the world's per capita consumption of steel was 214.5 kilograms, an increase of 7.4 kilograms compared with 2016, with a growth rate of 3.6%, ending a three-year decline.

China will impose 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of imported goods from the US such as aircraft, China's Ministry of Commerce (MoC) announced late on April 4.

According to reports, India exported 1.35 million tons of steel in the first quarter of this fiscal year, down 33.7% year-on-year.

South Korea's "Energy and Environment News" reported on August 2, according to the "World Natural Gas Market Report (2018)" released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) recently, China will dominate the growth of global natural gas consumption in the future.

In recent days, there have been some new changes in the thermal coal market, which are highlighted by the reduction in port transfers and the rebound in futures.

The coal market continued to weaken as factors continued to increase in supply, stocks in ports and power plants were high, and demand did not exceed expectations.

According to data released by the General Administration of Customs on the 8th, from January to July 2018, China imported 175 million tons of coal, an increase of 22.795 million tons, an increase of 15%;