From January to May, the accumulated power generation of the whole region was 138.22 billion kwh.

China imported 4.76mn t of coking coal in May, down by 23pc from 6.21mn t in April and down by 19pc from a year earlier.

Crude steel production in Germany fell by 27 percent to 2.6 million tons in May compared to the same month last year, the German Steel Federation (WV Stahl) announced on Wednesday.

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 148.8 million tonnes (Mt) in May 2020, an 8.7% decrease compared to May 2019.

In the first five months, coal imports rose by 16.8 percent to hit 149 million tonnes.

China's imports of both semi-finished and finished steel products surged in April.

The output of crude steel, pig iron and steel in May were 92.27 million tons, 77.32 million tons and 114.53 million tons respectively.

In early June 2020, the key steel enterprises produced 21.0916 million tons of crude steel.