China's railways sent 920 million tons of cargo in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 12 percent year-on-year.

With more than 10,000 registered coal traders, the CTCTC is the largest coal trading center in China.

The 2105 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 6,610 yuan per ton on April 13.

Affected by the rise of steel sales price and the year-on-year increase of sales volume, the company's operating revenue and gross profit of product sales were better than expected.

China saw surging commodity imports in the first quarter of this year, according to the General Administration of Customs.

In the first quarter, China imported 283 million tons of iron ore, an increase of 8%

China's total import and export value of goods trade in the first quarter was 8.47 trillion yuan, an increase of 29.2% over the same period last year.

A consortium of three Chinese companies signed a memorandum of understanding with Algerian National Iron and Steel Company on exploiting iron ore Tuesday in Algiers.