Iron-ore set for biggest weekly gain since March on China hopes

A Chinese iron and steel industry's Environmental Product Declaration program was officially launched on Thursday.

China's first intelligent power plant utilizing solar and tidal power to generate electricity was connected to the power grid on Monday.

China has vowed to generate 3.3 trillion kilowatt hours of electricity from renewable energy by 2025 as part of its plan to further boost its green energy transition during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).

Vale, a global mining company, said it welcomed China's latest resolve to further open to the rest of the world.

The Indian Steel Association (ISA) has called on the government to look at the volatility in metallurgical coal prices, which it deems to be the main cause of global steel prices increasing over the past year.

The output jumped 10.5 percent year-on-year in the January-April period, according to the National Energy Administration.

ACUTE coal shortages grounded state run thermal power stations for 142 days during the first quarter of this year, triggering a sharp fall in production, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) says.