The country produced 30.14mn t of crude stainless steel in 2020, up by 2.51pc from 2019.

The 2105 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 6582 yuan per ton on February 2.

China's steel sector registered output expansion last year, industrial data showed.

The 2105 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 6752 yuan per ton on February 1.

China's steel sector registered output expansion last year, industrial data showed.

China's raw coal output expanded by 0.9 percent year on year in 2020, while its coal imports increased 1.5 percent, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.

The output of steel reached 4.82 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 57.4%.

The prices of tungsten alloy rise slightly;