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China Market Sees Mixed LED Bulb Pricing Trend in June

Jul 10, 2014

June average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market decreased 7.8% on month to CNY34.50 (US$5.50), while 9W ones (equivalent to 60W incandescent models) saw their average price increase ...

Tags: LED Bulb, LED, Lights, Lighting

Hebei Iron & Steel Group to Issue Short-Term Bonds Worth

Jul 10, 2014

Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that it plans to issue short-term bonds worth RMB 2.0 billion ($0.33 billion) for a term of 365 days on July 16, in its first short-term bond issue in the ...

Tags: Iron, Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel

LED Lighting in Taiwan Must Have a Minimum Efficacy of 70lm/w

Jul 10, 2014

LED lighting in Taiwan must have a minimum efficacy of 70lm/W, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has announced. The new legislation requires all indoor warm-white LED lamps to have a minimum efficacy of 70 lm/W, while cool-white LEDs ...

Tags: LED Lighting, LED lamps, LED

LatticePower Announced an $80m Initial Round of Series D Equity Financing

Jul 10, 2014

LatticePower Corp of Nanchang, China, which claims to be the first company to commercialize GaN-on-silicon LED lighting, has announced an $80m initial round of Series D equity financing led by Asia Pacific Resources Development Investment ...

Tags: GaN-on-silicon, LED lighting

China to Provide More Subsidies to Develop DG

Jul 10, 2014

In order to develop distributed PV generation (DG), China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) confirmed the feed-in tariff (FiT) prices for DG to be RMB $0.42/kW last year. Governments of several provinces also ...

Tags: PV Generation, DG System, Sloar Cell

Iron Ore Inventory Edges up Slightly in China

Jul 10, 2014

As of July 7, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 114.77 million mt, up 130,000 mt or 0.11 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on June 30, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on July 8. As of ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron Ore

Lextar Electronics's Revenues of June Reached The Highest Monthly Figure

Jul 10, 2014

Taiwan-based vertically-integrated LED firm Lextar Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.355 billion (US$45 million) for June, the highest monthly figure ever with growth of 7.35% on month and of 5.02% on year. Lextar had ...

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Samsung Subsidiary in Taiwan Sells Components and Materials of Solar Cells and Modules

Jul 10, 2014

Samsung C&T's subsidiary in Taiwan began selling crystalline silicon wafers, conductive pastes, components and materials used in making solar cells and modules in the local market in the second quarter of 2014, according to industry ...

Tags: Solar Cells, Solar Modules

Epistar Announced a Merger with Formosa Epitaxy on June 30

Jul 10, 2014

Taiwan-based LED maker Epistar announced a merger with Formosa Epitaxy (Forepi) on June 30, 2014, with the former aiming to fully acquire the latter and become the surviving company. Epistar explained that the merger is meant to improve its ...

Tags: LED orders, epitaxial wafer, LED

Taiwan Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cell Makers to Produce More Monocrystalline Models

Jul 10, 2014

Taiwan-based polycrystalline silicon solar cell makers, due to increasing price competition from China-based makers, plan to increase or step into production of monocrystalline models, which are relatively profitable, according to PV ...

Tags: polycrystalline, Solar Cell

China Imposed Anti-Dumping and Anti-Subsidization Tariffs on US Solar-Grade Polysilicon

Jul 10, 2014

The China government has imposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs on solar-grade polysilicon imported from the US, Europe and South Korea, but much of the US-produced polysilicon has been imported through export processing zones ...

Tags: Anti-Dumping, Solar-Grade Polysilicon, Solar

Unity Opto Technology Has Invested Nt$1.23 Billion to Set up LED Production Capacity

Jul 10, 2014

Taiwan-based LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology has invested NT$1.23 billion (US$40.8 million) to set up production capacity for LED light bulbs, tubes and lamps and will gradually expand monthly capacity from one million ...

Tags: Opto Technology, LED Lighting, LED

Cisa Members' Average Daily Crude Steel Output Decreases in Late June

Jul 10, 2014

The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late June (June 21-30) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 1.778 million ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel, Crude Steel

EU to Probe China PV Makers

Jul 9, 2014

The European Union (EU), in response to Germany-based SolarWorld AG's complaint that some China-based PV module makers have stealthily offered Europe-based importers prices below EUR0.53 (US$0.72)/W, a floor price set by the EU and the ...

Tags: Taiwan, PV, Solar, PV module

Average Finished Steel Price in China Softens Very Slightly

Jul 9, 2014

On July 8, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (June 30-July 6) the overall average finished steel price in China decreased by 0.1 percent compared to the previous week. Last week, the average prices of ...

Tags: Finished Steel, Steel, Metal