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Singapore — China 's voracious appetite for coal may be nearing its peak consumption level, but the country's love affair with one of the cheapest fuels is unlikely to end anytime soon, despite Beijing's efforts to turn the skies of Asia's biggest energy consumer blue.
News ID: 7473    Publish Date : 2019/11/14

China 's crude steel output in October slipped to its lowest level since March at 81.52mn t, as narrowing profit margins slowed production slightly.
News ID: 7463    Publish Date : 2019/11/14

Seaborne floating premiums for PB fines have halved since early October, pressured lower by weakness in China 's portside markets.
News ID: 7461    Publish Date : 2019/11/14

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China ’s new energy vehicles production in October stood at 85,000 units, down 9.6 per cent from a month before and 39.7 per cent from the same period last year.
News ID: 7450    Publish Date : 2019/11/14

According to a recent report, China has approved the funding of the first lot of Phase One of the Sinohydro projects in Ghana, as per the agreement signed between China and Ghana in 2018. According to the agreement, China will have access to sites to mine bauxite in Ghana in exchange of development assistance from Ghana.
News ID: 7434    Publish Date : 2019/11/13

Beijing verbally told all regional customs authorities today to suspend coal imports because the country's receipts appear set to exceed the limit set for 2019.
News ID: 7423    Publish Date : 2019/11/13

China 's major steelmaker Baosteel released its monthly steel prices today. The company has kept its HRC, plain carbon CR coil, and HDGI prices unchanged for Dec deliveries.
News ID: 7419    Publish Date : 2019/11/11

According to General Administration of Customs, China - the world's largest iron ore consumer and importer recorded iron ore and pellet imports at 92.86 MnT in Oct’19. The imports witnessed 7% fall on monthly basis compared to 99.36 MnT in Sep’19. The decline in imports is attributed to falling demand amid increased production curbs and shrinking steel margins.
News ID: 7415    Publish Date : 2019/11/08

Eastern China ’s largest private ferrous scrap consumer and EAF steelmaker - Shagang Jiangsu Steel group has announced a price hike for all grades of domestic steel scrap procurement by a significant margin, increasing its purchase price by RMB 80/MT (USD 11) effective from today 7th November’19. The price hike comes after 3 weeks of unchanged bids by the company.
News ID: 7408    Publish Date : 2019/11/07

Tata Steel, India reported two fold increase in export volumes to 0.64 MnT in Q2 FY20 against 0.31 MnT in previous quarter. The guidance for exports for this fiscal will be around 2.4 MnT. Although export realization was lower than domestic realization this quarter, but helped to clear inventories shared officials during conference call. Lower volumes to Automotive segment were compensated by higher exports. Other key highlights of concall were:
News ID: 7402    Publish Date : 2019/11/07

Tehran and Beijing are resolute to broaden mutual cooperation in areas of knowledge-based economy as an Iranian delegation of knowledge-based companies is on a tour of China .
News ID: 7393    Publish Date : 2019/11/12

China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) data shows that China ’s wholesale new energy vehicle (NEV) sales declined 45.4% from a year ago to 66,000 units in October. This marked the fourth consecutive month of decline since the latest subsidy cuts took effect in late June.
News ID: 7389    Publish Date : 2019/11/12

Asia-Pacific styrene monomer (SM) producers are starting to reduce their operating rates after integrated producers endured a month of production losses for the first time since 2014.
News ID: 7380    Publish Date : 2019/11/12

China set winter pollution cuts of 2-3pc for east and central China today, raising ferrous price outlooks from expected steel supply cuts.
News ID: 7379    Publish Date : 2019/11/12

SteelMint in conversation with market participants learned that bids for Indian low-grade fines from China have come down this week following the decline in global iron ore price. Low-grade fines (Fe 57/58) assessment of SteelMint moved down to around USD 53-55/MT CFR China , as against the last assessment at USD 55-57/MT, CFR China .
News ID: 7376    Publish Date : 2019/11/02

Chinese private-sector steel producer Jiangsu Shagang increased its rebar ex-works prices by 60 yuan/t ($9/t) for mid-November deliveries, as rebar inventories extended their falls into November to support spot prices.
News ID: 7356    Publish Date : 2019/11/11

Indian pig iron manufacturer - Vedanta has recently concluded pig iron export deal to China last week, as per market sources report to SteelMint. The company is heard to have concluded 35,000 MT basic grade pig iron export deal to China for Nov shipment at around USD 330/MT, CFR China .
News ID: 7344    Publish Date : 2019/11/04

Crude oil futures fell on Friday amid lingering uncertainty on whether, and when, the United States and China will agree a long-awaited deal to end their bitter trade dispute, the gloom compounded by rising crude inventories in the United States.
News ID: 7329    Publish Date : 2019/11/09

South Korean paraxylene (PX) producer S-Oil has changed the pricing basis for its 2020 term contract to include Argus cfr Taiwan and China assessments.
News ID: 7322    Publish Date : 2019/11/08

Higher prices and growing demand from titanium mill products have prompted some Chinese titanium sponge producers to resume operations or boost output this year.
News ID: 7320    Publish Date : 2019/11/08