Indonesia exported 47.82 million tonnes of coal in October, lower by 8.9% on year but up 5% on month, according to the latest data released by Statistics Indonesia (BPS).

Iron ore exports to global destinations from Brazil, the world's second largest exporter of iron ore after Australia, fell sharply in November, with the volume slumping by 6 million tonnes or 14.7% on month to 34.5 million tonnes, according to preliminary statistics from Comex Stat, a data platform

The European Steel Association (EUROFER) forecasts that the EU’s apparent steel consumption will fall by 0.2% in 2025, marking the fourth consecutive on-year decline, but will pick up in 2026 to rise by 3%, according to the latest Economic and Steel Market Outlook released by the association on Dece

Production among Chinese blast furnace (BF) steel producers declined for the third straight week during November 28-December 4 amid increasing maintenance stoppages across the steelmakers, Mysteel's survey showed.

Total iron ore stockpiles across China's major 45 ports under Mysteel's regular tracking rose by another 906,900 tonnes or 0.6% on week to reach 153 million tonnes by December 4, according to the latest survey results. Meanwhile, the current inventories also marked a 1.8% increase on year.