Earnings at Rio Tinto and BHP Group are seen declining 48% and 28%, respectively, for the six months to December 2022, while Fortescue's half-year earnings are set to slide about 16%, based on estimates from Visible Alpha and Vuma Financial.

Mexican liquid steel production fell 1.6% to 18.2Mt and consumption 1.3% to 28.1Mt in 2022, affected by a weak construction sector and rising inflation, according to a report by iron and steel chamber Canacero.

A coal-fired power plant of the Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was officially put into commercial operation on Sunday.

The first generating unit at the Hwange Thermal Power Station went on stream in November.

The installed capacity of new energy power plants in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region has exceeded those powered by coal for the first time.

The Lanka Coal Company needs 2 million metric tons of coal annually, or 33 ship loads, to manage energy needs, he said.

The consumption of hard coal in Finland increased by 10 percent in 2022 year-on-year, Statistics Finland said on Wednesday citing preliminary data.

"We are very much looking forward to welcoming Chinese travelers back to Australia," said Hogg.