According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, in July this year raw iron ore production in China totaled 116.96 million mt, indicating a month-on-month decrease of 5.7 percent and a year-on-year increase of 21.7 percent. Meanwhile, in the January-July period of this year raw iron ore production in China totaled 691.918 million mt, a year-on-year increase of 21.9 percent.

In July of the current year, coking coal production in China totaled 37.207 million mt, with a month-on-month decrease of two percent and a year-on-year increase of 19.8 percent. In the January-July period of this year, domestic coking coal production totaled 24.7564 million mt, showing a year-on-year increase of 12.8 percent.