The major markets supplying steel and iron to Vietnam in the period included China, Japan and South Korea, according to the Vietnam Steel Association on Thursday.

Thyssenkrupp completed the sale of its elevator business for 17.2 billion euros (20.4 billion U.S. dollars).

More than 100 officials in Gansu province were held accountable three years ago for illegal coal mining on the northern slope of the Qilian Mountains on the Gansu-Qinghai border.

The sharp decline, said the Mongolian Customs General Administration, is largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

They come from coal, iron ore, nickel ore and grain exporters, such as Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

They come from coal, iron ore, nickel ore and grain exporters, such as Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Exports of the province in the first six months totaled 110.27 billion yuan, up 1.7 percent year-on-year, while its imports surged 18 percent to 82.18 billion yuan during the same period.

Prices in Australia, the biggest coal supplier to South Korea, were in the red this week.