JSE-listed chemicals group AECI has declared a final cash dividend of 470c apiece for the year ended December 31, 2020, despite a 55% year-on-year decrease in profit from operations to R917-million.

Andrew Forrest’s grand call in a televised speech a few weeks ago for Australia to produce green steel made from zero-emissions energy such as hydrogen is starting to lead to action.

The 2105 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 7746 yuan per ton on February 24.

A startup called H2 Green Steel (H2GS AB) unveiled plans here on Tuesday to build a large-scale "green" steel production plant in the Boden-Lulea region in northern Sweden.

Forests in Shizuishan covers an area of 302 hectares.

The amount exceeded the previous record of 1.08 billion tons in 2017, said the General Administration of Customs.

"China has been the largest market for Vale since 2006 and has become more and more important to Vale in recent years," Xie said.

China, the world's second-largest economy and the biggest investor in renewable energy sources, is formulating detailed and practical measures to realize carbon emission reduction.