As per the revised order, 38 blocks would be auctioned instead of previously announced 41.

China's benchmark power coal price remained flat during the past week.

Xinjiang cuts over 30 bln kWh coal-fired power in new energy trade since 2016.

The largest number of Mongolian coal freight trucks to enter China at once arrived in the country Wednesday, Mongolian Finance Minister Chimed Khurelbaatar said Thursday.

Shanxi-based TISCO, which has an annual capacity of 12.94 million tons, is a global leader in stainless steel.

January-June imports fell by 13pc from a year earlier to 20.84mn t.

Rail freight of coal and ore also posted robust year-on-year growth in the first half of this year in Xinjiang.

The Polish government and mining trade unions failed to agree on a plan to overhaul the country's thermal coal sector.