The coal mine's annual production capacity will be 3 million tonnes.

Shanxi has been very clear its goal to lower its annual production of coal to 1 billion tons by 2020.

The two projects, one located in Shanxi Province and the other in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Adhering to green and intelligent development is fundamental to the healthy development of the steel industry in China, he said.

However, iron ore imports during the period declined 2.4 percent to 784 million tons.

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The World Steel Association (worldsteel) released its Short Range Outlook (SRO) for 2019 and 2020.