Steel demand in Japan was down across most end-use industries in January, statistics released by the Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF) showed.
The country's total domestic steel consumption in the month dropped by 2.7% year on year to 3.57 million tonnes.Demand in the manufacturing sector dropped the most, dipping by 7% compared with the corresponding month in 2017 to 1.57 million tonnes. This was mainly due to lower steel consumption rates in the key...