The 2303 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 8492 yuan per ton on January 12.

In the first 11 months of last year, the country's iron ore imports dipped 2.1 percent year-on-year to around 1.02 billion metric tons, he said.

The figure includes 30 million tons of crude oil and more than 5.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas, according to Daqing Oilfield.

Average monthly output of coal produced by the company has been around 50 million tons during the past 15 months, he added.

The first freight train was on its way to Poland, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported on Monday.

Ganqmod Port, a major energy import channel for the country, has become an important hub on the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor.

China produced some 4.45 billion tons of coal last year, up 8 percent year-on- year.

The NEA also vowed to actively develop nuclear power in a safe and orderly manner. The goal is to increase the installed capacity of nuclear power by 2.89 million kW.