This year, Inner Mongolia will also step up the clean and efficient use of coal, Wang said.

Building such terminals is also to fulfill its commitment to carbon reduction and carbon neutrality, said Chu Bin, Party chief of the Tianjin Port Group.

China aims to have its CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.

The daily crude steel output stood at 1.93 million tonnes in early January, according to the China Iron and Steel Association.

Last year, Shanxi provided 620 million tonnes of thermal coal for another 24 provincial-level regions in China, according to the provincial statistics bureau.

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German industrial orders rose in December, increasing by 3.2% on the month on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, the federal statistics office said on Monday.

China's top economic regulator vows to further strengthen supervision on iron ore futures and spot markets.