North China's Shanxi Province recorded 144.69 billion yuan (about 20.75 billion U.S. dollars) in imports and exports in 2019, up 5.7 percent from the previous year, local customs authorities said Tuesday.

EUROFER announced that real steel consumption in EU fell by 1.6% YoY in the third quarter of 2019 and stood at 38.5 million tonnes.

High-tech manufacturing shines as China's industrial profits exceed 6 trln yuan.

The HBIS Group, one of the world's largest steelmakers based in northern China's Hebei province, has imported iron ore from the Brazilian mining giant Vale in use of RMB clearing.

Lao exports to China continue to flow as normal despite the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, Lao news daily the Vientiane Times reported last Tuesday.

India has surpassed Japan in terms of annual steel production, becoming the second largest producer of crude steel in the world, after China.

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