Northeast China's Heilongjiang province saw its foreign trade in goods grow by 33 percent year-on-year to 265.15 billion yuan ($39.44 billion) in 2022, customs data showed.

China's top economic regulator vows to further strengthen supervision on iron ore futures and spot markets.

Mining exports from Peru, particularly copper, gold, tin and zinc, among others – will end 2022 significantly lower than in 2021.

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

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.

The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) reports that the national metallic mining production in November 2022 had an increase in copper, zinc, iron and tin, compared to the similar month of 2021.

With an investment of US$32mn, Chilean iron ore miner Minera del Pacífico (CMP) looks to continue operating in the Pleito district until 2029, which the CAP group firm holds in northern Atacama region.

The daily Argus ICX 62pc iron ore index was at $117.35/dry metric tonne on 3 January, down by 2.2pc from a year earlier.