Rising raw material prices push Indian steel prices up

Big miners reconsider Congo, Zambia risks as copper price surges

China Baowu Steel Group looks to raise the group's listed companies to 20 from 12 currently by 2025 as it moves ahead with mixed ownership reform, said a senior group executive on Tuesday.

The 2201 silicomanganese contract price on ZCE closed at 11626 yuan per ton on October 14.

Since its launch, trading volumes have dropped after the first day's 4.1 million metric tons.

The 2201 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 16174 yuan per ton on October 14.

The range of the drop in prices for 28 key monitored vegetables extended to 5.7 percent year-on-year in September.

China is confident that it can ensure sufficient coal and electricity supplies for the coming cold season, and energy needed to safeguard people's basic living standards and stable business operations will be available sufficiently, officials said.