The 2303 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 8492 yuan per ton on January 12.

The NEA also vowed to actively develop nuclear power in a safe and orderly manner. The goal is to increase the installed capacity of nuclear power by 2.89 million kW.

The country's greenhouse gas emissions stagnated at around 761 million metric tons of CO2 in 2022. For the second year in a row, Germany fell short of its reduction target of 40 percent compared to the reference year 1990.

In the first 11 months of last year, the country's iron ore imports dipped 2.1 percent year-on-year to around 1.02 billion metric tons, he said.

Increase of clean energy seen as key to achieving nation's carbon goals.

Ganqmod Port, a major energy import channel for the country, has become an important hub on the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor.

China produced some 4.45 billion tons of coal last year, up 8 percent year-on- year.

Most of the capital goods in China posted lower prices in late December compared with mid-December of 2022, official data shows.