BEIJING –  The 11th China Iron and Steel Development Forum contemplated upon the new challenges and opportunities being faced by the iron and steel industry under the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme of the session was “insisting on supply-side structural reforms and strengthening the construction of the iron and steel industrial chain in the post-epidemic period” and the President of the …

China to consume around 886 million metric tons in year 2019 Research Institute of Metallurgical Planning releases steel consumption forecast report for year 2019, 2020 BEIJING, China – China’s steel consumption is expected to hit a record in 2019 with approximate 886 million metric tons, and this would then be followed by a slight decline in demand in 2020, a new …