China-based PV module makers and PV system EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractors hope that the China government can extend feed-in tariff subsidies to the first quarter of 2015 because there is insufficient time left to ...
China's auto sales rose 2.5 percent year on year to 1.98 million units in September, data from an industry association showed on Monday. Vehicle output increased 4.2 percent to 2 million units in the month, according to the China ...
Tags: Auto sales, Auto Parts
Volkswagen is extending its partnership with its Chinese joint venture partner First Automotive Works for further 25 years. Apart from the partnership extension, the companies are planning to invest in the Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Partnership, Accessories
China-based Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group Co. Ltd has awarded a contract to CB&I for the license and engineering design of a polypropylene line to be setup in Ningxia. The Shenhua Ningxia unit will use CB&I's Novolen technology to ...
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China's crude oil imports in September rose 7.4% year on year to 27.58 million mt or an average 6.74 million b/d, the second highest on record, preliminary data released Monday by the General Administration of Customs showed. Crude ...
Tags: Crude Oil, Oil Products
BMW is planning to team up with Baidu to test autonomous driving technology in China under a project, code-named "Vision Zero". The company aims at achieving accident-free mobility without compromising on the comfort and efficiency of the ...
Tags: Autonomous Driving Technology, BMW
Platts’ analysis shows apparent oil demand in August was 41.19 million metric tons (mt), or an average 9.74 million barrels per day (b/d) — an increase of 3.7% year over year. This growth came despite a slew of bearish economic ...
Tags: Oil Demand
Global demand for LED lighting products and LED-based lighting systems and services in 2018 will increase from 2013 by 190% and 180%, respectively, and global demand for LED lighting will begin to exceed that for conventional lighting ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED Lighting
Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting in Berlin, Ioannis Meimaroglu from Helveco Intertrade, the chairman of the raw materials suppliers committee, stated that the increasing volume of exports from China due ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Raw Material
The decline in cotton price and slowing demand for apparel and other textile products in key North American and European markets have put tremendous pressure on synthetic pricing in the past several months. The global synthetic fiber price ...
Tags: Synthetic Fiber, Cotton
The spot alumina price in China's Henan was rangebound Wednesday at Yuan 2,860/mt ($465/mt) for 70:30 cash and credit payment terms, unchanged from September 30, as the market returned from an extended break from October 1-7 to celebrate ...
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Thailand’s Dept. of Industry and Trade office attributes the footwear exports gains to changes to the Generalized System of Preferences on custom duties granted by the EU in Q1 and ongoing economic recoveries in the U.S. and European ...
Asia, which had generally led the global growth rate until the recent inventory glut hit China, is showing signs of improvement but remains the weakest region overall. Sales rose 5.4% in weighted currency but fell in US$ to $12,593 million ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
The Department of Commerce (DOC) needs more time to make a preliminary determination on an antidumping duty investigation against Chinese passenger and light truck tires. The DOC has moved the deadline from Dec. 1, 2014, to Jan. 20, 2015. ...
Tags: passenger tires, light truck tires, tire
A tiny ray of blue that revolutionized the lighting industry continues to tantalize investors looking to capitalize on the rise of new technology. On Tuesday, the Nobel Prize was awarded to three scientists for their invention of a blue ...
Tags: blue-light LED, LED