China’s 2025 steel demand to fall 1.5% on year, state research institute says
China's steel consumption in 2024 and 2025 is forecast at 863 million metric tons and 850 million tons, respectively.
A planned dividend payment by steelmaker Siderar SID.BA was blocked by an Argentine judge on Thursday in the latest twist in a row linked to the government’s efforts to tighten control over leading companies.
The steel company had planned to pay a 2010 dividend of $359.5 million on Friday despite a ruling last month by the country’s stock market regulator that effectively annulled the payment by declaring a shareholders meeting void.
