Offers were heard in a wide range between $1,150-1,300/st, with most in the $1,200/st range.

The government has laid out a multi-pronged approach to help Zimbabwe’s mines scale up production as industry executives indicated that the scale of capital required to bolster operations was too huge for domestic lenders.

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The reading, released every 10 days, is based on a survey of nearly 2,000 wholesalers and distributors in 31 provincial-level regions.

Its largest suppliers of steel and iron included China, Japan, South Korea and India, said the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Among the cargo was 5.02 million tons of grain and fertilizers, a 28.2-percent increase year-on-year, the data shows.

The regional authorities have rolled out a guideline to encourage investment in large wind and solar power bases in Xinjiang's vast expanse of deserts.