By the end of 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will openly solicit opinions on the "Guidance on Promoting High-quality Development of Iron and Steel Industry (Draft)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions").

Rio Tinto, the world's largest iron ore producer, expects shipments of the steel-making metal to reach up to 340 million tonnes in 2021.

On January 15, the Shanxi headquarters of China Baowu Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. was opened in Taiyuan.

China's steel production in December 2020

Key environmental indicators in Shanghai, such as air and water quality, had improved greatly during the period of the country's 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020).

The new guideline is part of efforts to align governance of climate change with environmental conservation.

Authorities also said they will enhance efforts to clean up the environment.

Elshinebal, a 50-year-old farmer in Tacheng, a city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, used to burn coal for heating and cooking in his suburban bungalow and describes his coal-laden life back then as "dusty".