The amount exceeded the previous record of 1.08 billion tons in 2017, said the General Administration of Customs.

Although there is yet to be a clear definition, experts believe that industries of the future share the features of boasting leading-edge technologies and prospects for explosive growth.

"China has been the largest market for Vale since 2006 and has become more and more important to Vale in recent years," Xie said.

Mid-February 2021, the key steel enterprises produced 22.8236 million tons of crude steel, 20.2097 million tons of pig iron, 21.2086 million tons of steel products.

It is reported that China Baowu has acquired 51% of the shares of Taiyuan Iron and steel, and the acquisition has been completed.

Jiang Shangqing pointed out that this year is the first year of the 14th five year plan, the iron and steel industry is also standing at a new historical intersection, and scientific and technological innovation has been raised to an unprecedented height.

Infrastructure and contract mining group Aveng, which is at the tail-end of a far-reaching restructuring exercise that has been under way since 2017, has reported its first positive earnings since 2014, recording headline earnings of R109-million for the six m...

It is reported that Nippon Steel has determined the policy of closing a blast furnace at the iron and steel plant in Luzhai City, I baraki County.