To enhance the supply of mineral resources, China has accelerated overseas mining investment, but many operations are still facing a gloomy future, an industry expert said. China has only 13 overseas mines in operation with a total annual ...
Tags: Overseas Mining, Mineral
China's overseas mining investment projects are facing obstacles, while domestic output is steadily increasing to meet the country's demand, experts said on Wednesday. "To further secure mineral resources, China has accelerated overseas ...
The main business income of China's petrochemical industry grew 9.9 percent to 6.60 trillion yuan ($1.07 trillion) in the first seven months of 2013, said the country's top economic planner on Wednesday. The industry's net profit totaled ...
Tags: Petrochemical, Mineral
China has this week ordered 58 companies, ranging from steel, coke and cement producers, to cut excess production capacity by the end of the year, in the latest attempt to ease overcapacity in bloated sectors. This is the third batch of ...
Tags: Overcapacity, Metallurgy
Stockpiles of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports declined last week, according to Tuesday's Xinhua-China iron ore index report. Inventories of imported iron ore stood at 74.32 million tonnes from Sept. 17 to 23, down 990,000 tonnes or ...
ExxonMobil was heard nominating its October US butadiene contract price up 2 cents/lb ($44/mt), to 49 cents/lb ($1,080/mt), sources said Tuesday. ExxonMobil was unavailable to confirm the nomination immediately. Market expectations have ...
Tags: ExxonMobil, Mineral
Ethanol production in Brazil's key center-south region fell 9.6% in the first half of September compared to the last half of August, but rose 3.9% year on year, data released by trade group UNICA showed Tuesday. Total ethanol output for ...
Tags: Ethanol Production, Mineral
Mobile technologies are presenting great opportunities and challenges to even the savviest of IT. Smartphones and tablets are replacing personal computers at an accelerated pace. Corporate executives, employees, business partners and ...
Tags: Gas Industry, Power Oil
A Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) can simultaneously generate electricity and treat wastewater, but currently used materials and catalysts lead to high operational costs. This work investigates the use of sulfonated poly ether ether ketone ...
Tags: Microbial Fuel Cell, Electrical, Electronics
Ferrous scrap prices held stable Friday as market participants, waiting for an industry conference next week to give clarity to price direction, reported no deals or firm offers. Platts' daily assessment Friday stood at $360/mt CFR ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Mineral
The State Council, China's cabinet, on Sunday issued a guideline on exploration of coal bed gas. Subsidies from central government shall be raised in the sector, with full consideration on costs and prices in extracting coal bed gas, said ...
Tags: Coal Bed Gas, Mineral
China imported 755,939 mt of iron ore from India in August, up 49% from 506,322 mt in July, according to data released Monday by the General Administration of Customs. The increase comes on the back of Indian government talks of a ...
INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), the Water Environment Federation (WEF), and the American Public Works Association (APWA) have agreed to work together to ...
Tags: Wastewater Systems, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China said Monday that consumers will need to bear some of the costs of tighter fuel standards, opening the door to higher prices at fuel pumps as the nation balances growing public concern over the environment with worries about inflation. ...
Tags: Fuel Standards, Fuel Pumps
The April switch in the NYMEX basis for distillates to ULSD from heating oil has led to decreased volatility in the Gulf Coast ULSD differential, the most liquid product Platts assesses in the Americas. The specification for the NYMEX ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy