In terms of improvement in rankings, China's Ansteel Group Corp made the highest jump across 183 places to 217.

Steel, magnesium and its products, and coal are among the major exported commodities.

By the end of June, China's installed capacity for renewable energy had exceeded 1.1 billion kilowatts.

As a large coal supply base, Xinjiang aims to achieve coal output of more than 400 million tons by 2025.

They also said the industry will likely experience demand recovery to a certain extent in the coming months.

Global production of molybdenum fell, while usage rose in Q1 2022

Major steel producers churned out a total of 20.79 million tonnes of crude steel in late July, the data showed.

China's State Administration for Market Regulation has conducted investigations on activities of bidding up coal prices, the administration said Friday.