Cheaper imports and the persistently high cost of production have soda ash manufacturers worried. Demand in the country in 2012-13 showed healthy growth of 10-11 per cent, led by healthy growth from the detergents and chemicals segments ...
Tags: flat glass, bottle glass, glass
One of Bike Europe's business relations mailed us the two disclosure documents after we published last Thursday that the European Commission's Directorate-General (DG) for Trade is keeping the lid on its findings in three investigations; ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping Duty, China Imports, bike
On Wednesday, Warren, Ohio-based Thomas Steel Strip Corporation filed an anti-dumping petition against diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated steel flat-rolled products from Japan. According to the petition, Thomas Steel Strip Corp. is the only ...
Tags: Steel Strip, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Suntech Power's epic plunge from solar module dominance to bankruptcy comes as the result of misplaced investments, a misguided pricing strategy, anti-dumping action in the US and a potential new willingness by the China government and ...
Tags: solar module, solar, Suntech
China's solar incentive reportedly may face a significant cut under new energy subsidy policies in order to encourage market mechanism in the industry. The subsidy for standalone solar PV systems for self-use has been generally expected ...
Tags: solar incentives, energy, energy market
Suntech Power Holdings, a China-based solar module giant, said on March 11, 2013, that it has signed a forbearance agreement with the holders of more than 60% of the firm's 3% convertible notes. The forbearance agreement between Suntech and ...
Tags: Suntech, Lighting, solar module
In the anti-dumping proceedings which have been in progress since the end of September involving hardwood-plywood imports from China, the US Department of Commerce, set provisional countervailing duties (CVD) of varying amounts on 27 ...
The European Commission has launched an anti-dumping investigation against Chinese manufacturers of solar glass following a complaint filed last month. Dubbed EU ProSun Glass, although unaffiliated with the original EU ProSun that ...
Tags: European Commission, solar glass, anti-dumping investigation
Taiwan-based solar firms have been seeing rising orders in February and March. Some firms believe the changes are due to the EU's anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against China-based firms which has been pushing customers to ...
Tags: solar firms, rising orders, February, March
Photovoltaic glass, also known as solar photovoltaic glass or ultra clear photovoltaic glass, is mainly applied to solar PV power generation and solar PV components. Currently, ultra-clear patterned glass used for crystalline silicon solar ...
Solar firms in Greater China hoped to increase quotes before the Lunar New Year holidays, but a delay in China announcing its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe results has deterred the industry from raising prices for fear of losing ...
Tags: Solar firms, China, solar cells
The EU has opened an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese-manufactured glass for solar panels, broadening a trade fight with Beijing over renewable energy. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, opened the probe in response ...
Tags: Solar-Panel Glass
The European Commission today launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of solar glass from China. The initiation is based on a complaint lodged by the association EU ProSun Glass, which claims solar glass from China is being ...
Taiwan-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) will issue 100 million new shares to raise additional paid-in capital of NT$1 billion (US$33.7 million) through private placement in two phases. ...
Tags: solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer, Green Energy Technology, GET
The European Commission recently verified that imported solar modules from China will need to be registered. Some solar firms expect the registration process to begin in March and suspect that the registration means there may be a ...