In the first 11 months of last year, the country's iron ore imports dipped 2.1 percent year-on-year to around 1.02 billion metric tons, he said.

Increase of clean energy seen as key to achieving nation's carbon goals.

The 2303 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 8492 yuan per ton on January 12.

Specifically, the industrial output of manufacturing increased by about 3.1 percent last year, according to the ministry.

The country's greenhouse gas emissions stagnated at around 761 million metric tons of CO2 in 2022. For the second year in a row, Germany fell short of its reduction target of 40 percent compared to the reference year 1990.

The first freight train was on its way to Poland, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported on Monday.

Average monthly output of coal produced by the company has been around 50 million tons during the past 15 months, he added.

The figure includes 30 million tons of crude oil and more than 5.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas, according to Daqing Oilfield.