• FEATURE: MIIT bans new steel capacity via swaps in 2018 Jan 09, 2018

  China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has fine-tuned its steel capacity swap guidelines in the latest version.

• FEATURE: China's IO price to average $60-65/t for 2018 Jan 04, 2018

  China's iron ore price is expected to average $60-65/dmt CFR China for the 62% grade fines for 2018, as the country's steel consumption is expected to slow in the pace of growth while global iron ore market will remain oversupply, according to Chinese steel market analysts.

• FEATURE: China Oct coking coal imports dip 12.6% MoM Dec 01, 2017

  China's coking coal imports reverted down in October by 12.6% month on month to 5.27 million tonnes, according to the latest official statistics released by the General Administration of Customs.

• China's Hunan confirns mislabelled steel capacity removal Jun 20, 2017

  On 16 June central China's Hunan province published its mislabelled steel capacity elimination details, showing it has removed 3.15 million tonnes/year of steel capacity from 82 induction furnaces. Official data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows Hunan produced 7.67million tonnes of crude steel over January to May, down by -3.65% year-on-year, Kallanish notes.