The increase took overall shipments for the last year to 407mn, slightly higher than a government-set target for the year of 400mn t.

In 2020, China's steel bar output was 266.391 million tons.

In December, 2020, the industrial power generation of the whole region was 19.1 billion kwh, up 5.1% year on year.

In 2020 Qinghai ferroalloys output decrease 7.7% YoY.

Hebei Crude Steel Production increased in 2020.

Ordos City Ferrosilicon Production up 19.3% in 2020.

Ferroalloys Production in Ordos City up 15.8% in 2020.

China imported 3.57mn t of coking coal last month, down by 4pc from 3.72mn t in November.