At least three Chinese companies are in the final stages of negotiations with three LPG producers in Iran for term supply deals for 2014, industry sources said Thursday. The deals would mark the first time buyers in China had secured LPG ...
Tags: LPG Industry, Energy
United Kingdom to allow Chinese companies to purchase stakes in latest $25.9b reactor project The United Kingdom recently signed a $25.9 billion deal to build a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in the southwestern part of England. ...
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Mongolia's new legislation that removes distinction between domestic and foreign companies when it comes to investing in the country will help attract more investment, miners with projects in the region said Friday. From November 1, ...
Tags: Miners, Mining Sector
China and the United States, the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, are increasing their cooperation in fighting climate change. US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said the US has a very good relationship with ...
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Capesize iron ore freight rates on established Pacific routes from Brazil, Western Australia and South Africa came under pressure Thursday. Charterers' rates and some offer prices fell from the previous day, which market participants ...
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London Mining (LM) saw a considerable year-on-year increase of 250% in third-quarter iron ore concentrate output from its Marampa mine in Sierra Leone to 948,000 wet mt, according to the company's production report. However, compared with ...
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Westshore Terminals reported an average coal loading rate of C$9.52 in the third quarter, up 2% from both the previous quarter and the year-ago quarter, according to its quarterly report filed late Wednesday with the Canadian government. ...
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Demand from China's galvanized steel sector is expected to account for 56% of the country's refined zinc consumption in 2014, up from 54% this year, state-owned nonferrous metals information division Beijing Antaike said Thursday. The ...
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China plans to raise its whole-year target of installed solar capacity to 12 gigawatts in 2014, up by 20 percent from the original target, becoming the latest stimulus for the country's sluggish solar industry. The new installation target ...
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The hearing to settle Nucor's appeal of Big River Steel's air permit has been tentatively set for March 28, 2014.The $1 billion steel mill planned for Mississippi County, Arkansas has faced several roadblocks since the project was ...
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Chinese steel giant Baosteel Group has announced that its BSSF (Baosteel slag short flow) roller slag processing technology and equipment with independent intellectual property rights will be used at the steel production facilities of ...
Luxembourg-headquartered global stainless steel producer Aperam SA, which was spun off by ArcelorMittal and separately listed in 2011, has announced its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2013. In the ...
Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 32.52 million mt in October this year, increasing 12 percent compared to September and down 0.4 percent compared to the same month of 2012, according to the information released by the Brazilian ...
On November 8, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late October (Oct. 21-31) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.7033 million mt, ...
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On November 8, China's General Administration of Customs announced that in the first 10 months of the current year China's total foreign trade value amounted to $3.4 trillion, up 7.6 percent year on year. China's total export value in the ...
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