European coal imports inched up from April's three-decade low, but were still sharply down on the year in May.

German imports will be 16-30pc down on the year in 2020, according to importers' association VDKI.

In June, the production of raw coal was 330 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.2%.

In June, the power generation was 630.4 billion kwh, an increase of 6.5% year-on-year.

In June 2020, China's coke output was 40.17 million tons.

China steel exports down 30.3% year on year In June.

From January to May, Russia exported 6.38 million tons of semi-finished carbon steel products, a year-on-year decrease of 0.7%.

The company's sales also declined 19.58 per cent to 6,94,000 tonnes in the June quarter as against sales of 8,63,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2019-20.