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

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

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

Frequent changes to the tariffs create uncertainty.

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

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China has been creating steel conglomerates and investing in new mills and cutting-edge technologies for the industry.