China will impose a tiered power pricing system on aluminum smelters from Jan. 1 to cut overcapacity, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on Monday. Power prices will stay unchanged for smelters that do not use more ...
Biotech company Novozymes has teamed up with the China Knitting Industry Association (CKIA) under a three-year agreement to promote the use of enzyme technology, with the aim of saving water and energy. As the Chinese textile industry ...
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A long-running spat between Changqing oil field and Yulin government in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province has moved a step closer to being resolved after 21 of the oil and gas producer's 22 bank accounts were unfrozen. A Yulin government ...
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The Treasury said that the carbon tax or will be released around in 2016 or 2017, the Preliminary tax is "10 yuan per tonne of carbon dioxide and then gradually increase". The carbon tax is mainly from coal, crude oil, natural gas; the tax ...
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FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. (AG: NYSE; FR: TSX) (the "Company" or "First Majestic") is pleased to announce that the Company's new 1,000 tonnes per day (tpd) cyanidation circuit at its Del Toro Silver Mine in Zacatecas, Mexico began initial ...
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In 9M 2013 (the period from January to September 2013) the Distribution Network of the Russian Steel Division of OAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, increased sales by 5% and more than ...
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Rio Tinto has set out its breakthrough plan to optimise the growth of its world-class iron ore business in Western Australia. Mine production capacity will rapidly increase towards 360 million tonnes a year (Mt/a) at a significantly lower ...
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Blackheath Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BHR)(FRANKFURT:04B) ("Blackheath" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") for an option to acquire a 100% interest in the ...
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China's top economic planner announced on Thursday that it will raise the per-tonne retail price of gasoline by 160 yuan ($26.08) and diesel by 155 yuan from Friday. The adjustment, following a third consecutive drop on November 14, will ...
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China's top economic planner on Thursday announced a slash in the per-tonne retail prices of gasoline by 160 yuan ($26.09) and diesel by 155 yuan, starting from Friday. The adjustment will lower the benchmark retail prices of gasoline by ...
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Gold Bullion Development Corp. (TSX-V: GBB) (OTCPINK: GBBFF) (the "Company" or "Gold Bullion") is providing an update on activities at the Granada Gold Property in Quebec with the Pre-Feasibility Study or ("PFS") anticipated in Q4 2013. ...
China, the world's top rice producer and consumer, will start trading Japonica rice futures on Nov. 18 on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE), the exchange center said on Tuesday. ZCE has received approval from the China Securities ...
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New World Resource Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NW)(FRANKFURT:NWU) ("New World" or the "Company") announces an update on the underground exploration program at the Lipena copper-gold project ("Lipena" or the "Project") in southern Bolivia with ...
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China's Dalian Commodity Exchange on Friday launched the country's first iron ore futures with physical delivery, which ended the trading day with smooth performance. The May 2014 contract, the most actively traded of the day, rising 1.77 ...
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A panel of intermodal experts attending the 2013 Surface Transportation Summit, held Oct. 16 by Transportation Media with Dan Goodwill & Associates, shed light on where this mode of transport is headed going into 2014. The panel, ...
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