Links to previous press releases are below.
US Grain Exports Slump to Six-Year Low
Combined US weekly exports of corn, wheat and soyabeans sunk below 1 Mt for the first time in six years in the week ending 9 September, totalling 0.95 Mt, following the closure of key Gulf export hubs...
Read MoreJapanese August Trade Data
Japan imported 10.1 Mt of iron ore and 16.1 Mt of coal in August, according to preliminary trade data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance. This compares with 7.3 Mt of iron ore and 13.0 Mt of coal a year earlier.
Russian Seaborne Coal Exports
Russia exported 14.4 Mt of coking and steam coal (including anthracite and lignite) by sea in July, down 1.0 Mt year-on-year and a three-month low, data from IHS showed.
For steam coal, volumes...
Read MoreColombian Coal Exports in August
Colombia exported 4.9 Mt of steam coal in August, up from 4.3 Mt a year earlier, data from IHS showed.
Exports to Europe and the Mediterranean reached 2.9 Mt, the highest level since February...
Read MoreGlobal HRB Prices
Hot rolled band (HRB) steel prices in the US continued to move higher and returned to growth in China in the three weeks to 13 September, according to the latest SteelBenchmarker from World...
Read MoreChinese Steel Output
At 83.2 Mt, Chinese crude steel output declined by a sharp -13.2% year-on-year in August to reach the lowest monthly level since February, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.
However,...
Read MoreChinese refinery throughput falls to 15-month low
In August, Chinese refinery throughput fell 168 K b/d m-o-m and 2.2% y-o-y to 13.80 M b/d, the lowest level since May 2020 (13.68 M b/d), according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)....
Read MoreUS oil industry faces further setbacks due to Tropical Storm Nicholas
Tropical storm Nicholas has created a range of disruptions to the US oil industry after making landfall in Texas on 14 September as a category 1 hurricane, according to Reuters. Several offshore oil...
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