China's cabinet, the State Council, decided on Wednesday to further streamline administration by "separating" business licenses from administrative permits to create a more favorable business environment. The pilot reform, which allows ...
Hu Kaihong: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the news briefing held by the State Council Information Office. The Johannesburg Summit and the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation ("FOCAC") will ...
A major Chinese company has won contracts to complete a rail link running across Kenya-a major project expected to boost connections in East Africa. China Communications Construction Co has signed a framework agreement with the Kenyan ...
Tags: Cross-Kenya Railway, rail link
Colombia in January will begin importing 39 MMcf/d of natural gas from neighboring Venezuela to meet domestic needs, ending decades of natural gas self sufficiency, the head of Ecopetrol said Monday. The country is negotiating to increase ...
Tags: natural gas, crude
Canadian fruit and vegetable processor Pride Pak is building a new fresh fruit and vegetable processing facility in Orleans County in Medina, New York. Located in the 13 acre Medina Business Park, the new 68,000 ft2 facility will be a ...
Against the complex and changeable situation in Eurasia in 2014, China’s Ministry of Commerce braved challenges and firmly seized the opportunity to make breakthrough. China-Russia bilateral trade rose in spite of the unfavorable ...
Tags: Silk Road Economic Belt initiative, trade and economic cooperation
China's slowing power consumption and falling railway freight are signs of progress in economic restructuring, rather than evidence of failing industry, the statistics chief said on Thursday. Power use and rail freight are two major ...
Tags: power consumption, railway freight
Renewable energy statistics, viewed in isolation, sketch a misleading picture of wind and solar energy growth in China. According to the Energy Information Agency, China's total installed wind and solar electricity capacity was 7% in ...
Tags: Renewable energy, Solar Power
China's June imports of thermal coal slumped to a four-month low of 6.21 million mt, a 43% on-year drop and down 4% on the previous month, according to customs data released Wednesday. The tally comprises bituminous and sub-bituminous ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, lignite, Coal
The Capita Super Corporation, the Seattle-based maker of snowboards and skateboards, announced that it is constructing The Mothership, describing it as "the most progressive snowboard production facility in the world." Located on 7 acres ...
Tags: tooling, milling, printing, pressing, Sporting Goods
Coal provides nearly two thirds of China's energy, but for mining companies, this winter could not be more chilly. The government has done its best to save the day, but it is not enough to force up the price of coal, even in the short ...
Tags: Coal Industry, Coal
Non-fossil fuel will supply 11.1 percent of China's total primary energy consumption this year, up from 9.8 percent in 2013, an official said Thursday. The share of coal may drop to 64.2 percent from 65.7 percent last year, Wu Xinxiong, ...
Tags: Non-Fossil Fuel, Fuel, Energy
The China spot price of 553-grade 98.5% silicon metal was assessed slightly higher this week at $2,130-2,170/mt FOB China, compared with $2,120-2,170/mt FOB a week ago, as Chinese sellers -- despite slow demand -- kept export offers high in ...
Tags: silicon metal, Silicon
For Chinese solar manufacturers, the fourth quarter is the most important time for solar photovoltaic installations. It is then that Chinese vendors speed up deployment to meet the central government’s annual targets. The Chinese ...
Tags: solar industry, solar PV
20 Sinotruk LNG K41 dumpers delivered to Changheba Hydropower Station on Sept. 11, 2014. Changheba Hydropower Station is one of the major stations on the upstream of Dadu River and there are some 300 dumpers working here. And the road ...
Tags: 20 Sinotruk LNG Dumpers, Changheba Hydropower Station, Accessories