Mining exports from Peru, particularly copper, gold, tin and zinc, among others – will end 2022 significantly lower than in 2021.

For all of 2022, exports were worth $291.98 billion, a historic high for annual shipments and 26.07% higher than in 2021.

The 2303 ferrosilicon contract price on ZCE closed at 8492 yuan per ton on January 12.

Specifically, the industrial output of manufacturing increased by about 3.1 percent last year, according to the ministry.

In the first 11 months of last year, the country's iron ore imports dipped 2.1 percent year-on-year to around 1.02 billion metric tons, he said.

The bureau predicted that whole-year coal output is expected to surpass 1.3 billion tons.

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Average monthly output of coal produced by the company has been around 50 million tons during the past 15 months, he added.