China iron and steel association (Cisa) member mills increased steel output to a record high in late July as stimulus and lockdown delays extended the construction season into late summer.

Copper price snaps back as China imports soar 81%

The Chinese magnesium market is widely expected to come under short-term downward pressure from ample supplies.

HBIS Resources Co Ltd, a unit of China’s second-biggest steelmaker HBIS Group, said last Monday it had signed an initial deal to develop the Pampa de Pongo iron ore mine in Peru alongside current licence-holder Zhongrong Xinda.

Exports of the province in the first six months totaled 110.27 billion yuan, up 1.7 percent year-on-year, while its imports surged 18 percent to 82.18 billion yuan during the same period.

The sharp decline, said the Mongolian Customs General Administration, is largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 100 officials in Gansu province were held accountable three years ago for illegal coal mining on the northern slope of the Qilian Mountains on the Gansu-Qinghai border.

A total of 3.43 billion kWh of electricity or a third of the overall transmission volume was mainly generated by wind and solar power, the center added.