Xi made the remarks while visiting a cold rolling mill of Bensteel Group in Benxi City, northeast China's Liaoning Province.

The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has set mostly higher coal reference prices, known as the coal benchmark price (HBA), for January 2025.

Solar power overtook coal in Europe's electricity mix for the first time in 2024 while gas declined for the fifth year in a row, energy think tank Ember said in a report on Thursday.

India's Tata Steel Limited and Indian government-run design, engineering consultancy firm MECON have signed a business collaboration agreement

Tropical Cyclone Sean made itself known in Western Australia last week, delivering record rainfall along the Pilbara coastline.

Dr. Keyvan Jafari Tehrani, lron and Steel market analyst, in an interview with Pardazesh va Tolid: "Strategic planning is key to unlocking the full potential of lran's mining and steel sectors"

Shares of Australia's Fortescue slipped on Thursday to a one-week low as it posted a marginal rise in its second-quarter iron-ore shipments, largely in line with market expectations for the period.

The former Biden administration extended the deadline for the two companies to abandon their merger plan to June 18, following a request from Nippon Steel.