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PV Demand Expected to Rebound in Jun or Early Jul

May 7, 2015

Global PV demand is expected to rebound in June or early July as China begins a rush to construct new PV systems and power-generating stations in the second half of 2015, according to China-based PV supply chain makers. The US Department ...

Tags: PV Demand, PV Module

China Fast Tracks National Phase 5 Standards

May 3, 2015

China plans to bring forward the introduction of National Phase 5 motor gasoline and gasoil emission standards nationwide by one year to January 1, 2017, the State Council said Tuesday, April 28. All 11 provinces in eastern China will ...

Tags: National Phase 5, Motor Gasoline

PV Market Continues to Recover Slowly in Q2

May 2, 2015

The slow recovery of the global PV market continues into the second quarter. Jason Huang, research manager for EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, said the market on the whole is showing positive signs even though prices along the supply ...

Tags: PV market, Solar Cell

Steel Mills Change Exports Due to Stagnant Market

Apr 30, 2015

First-quarter steel exports surged 40.7 percent to 25.78 million metric tons as mills responded to weak domestic demand and falling prices, the China Iron and Steel Association said on Wednesday. "Although domestic steel companies face ...

Tags: Steel Mills, steel exports

Sinopec, PetroChina Connect Two Gas Pipelines

Apr 29, 2015

China's state-owned oil giants Sinopec and PetroChina successfully connected the Sichuan-East China gas pipeline with the second West-East gas pipeline over weekend, Sinopec said Monday, April 27. The connection is in Hubei province's ...

Tags: Crude Oil, Gas Pipeline

China to Focus on High-Value Petchem Products

Apr 27, 2015

In the next five years, China's main focus in the petrochemical sector would be on meeting domestic demand and producing higher-value end products, Gu Zongqin, president of the China National Petroleum and Chemical Planning Institute, said ...

Tags: Petchem Products, Petrochemical Sector

China to Further Improve The Oil Retail Price

Apr 27, 2015

China may raise retail oil prices for a second time this month as a new window for adjusting gasoline and diesel prices opens on Friday, Gasoline and diesel retail prices are likely to be raised by more than 300 yuan (49 U.S. dollars) per ...

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China's Mar. Natural Gas Pipeline Imports up 41.3%

Apr 26, 2015

China imported 1.98 million mt of natural gas via pipeline in March, 41.3% higher than the same month last year, detailed data from the General Administration of Customs showed Thursday. The customs department reports natural gas trade ...

Tags: natural gas, gas pipeline

Gasoline Retail Prices up

Apr 25, 2015

The National Development and Reform Commission, the nation's top economic planner, said on Friday that retail prices of gasoline would be hiked by 300 yuan ($48.55) a metric ton, or 0.22 yuan a liter from Saturday, while diesel prices would ...

Tags: Gasoline, gasoline prices

Refined Cobalt Supply in 2014 up 6.8% on Year

Apr 24, 2015

Global refined cobalt supply totaled 91,754 mt in 2014, up 6.8% from 85,904 mt in 2013, the Cobalt Development Institute said Wednesday in the latest edition of its cobalt news publication. The report, based on the main sources reporting ...

Tags: refined cobalt, cobalt products

Oil Price Falls

Apr 23, 2015

When the oil price crashed last year, many assumed that the earliest casualties would be the small, nimble American companies that specialise in getting “unconventional” oil out of shale, tar-coated sand and the like. After all, ...

Tags: Oil Price, falling price

China's Coal Imports Declined 32.7% on Year

Apr 16, 2015

China's coal imports, including lignite, thermal and metallurgical coal, fell 32.7% year on year to 17.03 million mt in March, the ninth consecutive year-on-year decline, data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) showed Monday. ...

Tags: Coal Imports, Coal Market

China LPG Prices up

Apr 13, 2015

LPG prices in South and East China rose this week after an explosion at a major LPG supply plant and a rise in crude oil prices early in the week, domestic trade sources said Friday, April 10. Dragon Aromatics' plant in Gulei, Fujian ...

Tags: LPG Prices, gas pipelines

China Lowers Iron Ore Resource Tax to 40%

Apr 11, 2015

China will reduce resource taxes on iron ore to aid industrial upgrades and ensure sufficient supply, the State Council said Wednesday. Resource tax on iron ore will be reduced from 80 percent of the taxation payment base to 40 percent, ...

Tags: iron ore, smelting cost

Retail Price of Gasoline Declined on Friday

Mar 27, 2015

China's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, announced on late Thursday afternoon that the authority decided to reduce the retail price of gasoline by 240 yuan ($38.73) a metric ton, or 0.18 yuan per liter, ...

Tags: Gasoline Price, Gas

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