The China Tianjin Bulk Freight Index (TBI), an indicator of northern China's international bulk freight rates, stood at 830.12 points on Wednesday, up 1.71 percent compared with the previous working day.

Foreign trade in North China's Hebei province rose by 6.3 percent year-on-year to more than 231 billion yuan ($33.4 billion) in the first seven months, customs statistics showed.

Move to spur industry consolidation and further boost supply-side reforms.

China's steel sector registered notable output growth in July as the country's economic recovery consolidates, industry data showed.

The largest number of Mongolian coal freight trucks to enter China at once arrived in the country Wednesday, Mongolian Finance Minister Chimed Khurelbaatar said Thursday.

Xinjiang cuts over 30 bln kWh coal-fired power in new energy trade since 2016.

In August, the ferrosilicon market gradually stabilized, stronger and better, the overall supply side remained stable.

The 2010 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 5726 yuan per ton on August 28.