Exports of the province in the first six months totaled 110.27 billion yuan, up 1.7 percent year-on-year, while its imports surged 18 percent to 82.18 billion yuan during the same period.

More than 100 officials in Gansu province were held accountable three years ago for illegal coal mining on the northern slope of the Qilian Mountains on the Gansu-Qinghai border.

They come from coal, iron ore, nickel ore and grain exporters, such as Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

The sharp decline, said the Mongolian Customs General Administration, is largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The major markets supplying steel and iron to Vietnam in the period included China, Japan and South Korea, according to the Vietnam Steel Association on Thursday.

Thyssenkrupp completed the sale of its elevator business for 17.2 billion euros (20.4 billion U.S. dollars).

The World Trade Organization last month set up a panel to rule on the complaint.

Indonesia H2 coal production outlook bearish, seaborne fundamentals weak.