FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin China’s steel industry is once again in the spotlight as the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) calls on domestic mills to rein in production — a move that could signal weaker steel demand ahead and ripple through China’s appetite for imported iron ore and the wider dry bulk market. According to Nikos Tagoulis, Head of Research Department at Intermodal, the sector’s challenges remain closely linked to headwinds in China’s domestic economy. Latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics point to persistent pressure in the property sector and a retreat in infrastructure investment. RelatedNews U.S. maritime and trade groups warn against return of China-built vessel fees BIMCO: Container shipping market faces mounting supply pressure in 2027 var jnews_module_21382822_0_6ab507934a18c = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21382822","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"87,317,1573","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_positio