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Shagang Group (Shagang), China's leading privately-owned steel firm and the country's largest electric-arc-furnace steelmaker, has decided to cut its long-product list prices by Yuan 50/tonne ($7.4/t) for sales over August 21-31 from the middle ten days of the month, according to the company's lates
China's coking coal imports climbed another 11.8% on month to 13.62 million tonnes in July, notching the second-highest monthly volume on record. The figure also surged 41.7% from a year earlier, according to the General Administration of Customs (GACC).
China's UPR imports came in at 798.80 tonnes in July, down 33.99% from June. July UPR exports eased 1.05% month-on-month to 22,465.39 tonnes.
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