As a large coal supply base, Xinjiang aims to achieve coal output of more than 400 million tons by 2025.

They also said the industry will likely experience demand recovery to a certain extent in the coming months.

By the end of June, China's installed capacity for renewable energy had exceeded 1.1 billion kilowatts.

Global production of molybdenum fell, while usage rose in Q1 2022

China's State Administration for Market Regulation has conducted investigations on activities of bidding up coal prices, the administration said Friday.

According to the administration, China saw 190 mining accidents in the January-July period, down 14 percent year on year.

Major steel producers churned out a total of 20.79 million tonnes of crude steel in late July, the data showed.

Rio Tinto is not concerned about China's plans to centralise iron-ore purchases and has strong ties with its customers, the Australia CEO for the global miner said on Friday.