BRICS is the acronym for an emerging-market bloc that groups Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

The province's total import and export value from January to October hit 282.46 billion yuan ($39.73 billion), up 16.4 percent year-on-year.

The province saw a decrease in imports of iron ore and natural gas.

It also said the federal government's decision would check the downward trend witnessed in steel exports in recent months.

"Our station generates 1.7 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity yearly. It saves 557,000 tonnes of coal and reduces carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 1.7 million tonnes."

Among them, Inner Mongolia imported 19.13 billion yuan of coal from Mongolia, up 150.1 percent year-on-year.

It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times. At least when it comes to mining coal.

As legacy technologies fail to keep up with the growing demand for advanced mining activities for increased outputs and greater profits, management consulting company GlobalData believes artificial intelligence (AI) can help.