One quarter of the world's cartilaginous fish, namely sharks and rays, face extinction within the next few decades, according to the first study to systematically and globally assess their fate. The International Union for Conservation of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Overfished
Authorities in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region are considering building a successful business model for ecological industry on the vast prairies, but it's not a straightforward task. Wang Kaihao reports from Hohhot. It has been six ...
Tags: Green Grass
China's Ministry of Commerce on Monday said it expected steady overseas demand for rare earths to continue next year. The ministry made the statement while announcing the first round of 2014 export quotas for non-ferrous metals including ...
Tags: Rare Earths
All restrictions on the supply of Ukrainian exports to Russia will be taken up in March 2014, said Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko, speaking at a round table "Unite Ukraine", the correspondent of RBC-Ukraine. "All the ...
Tags: glass, decoration
Chinese rare earth miners are being forced to phase out excessive production capacity as rising overseas suppliers chip away at their dominance in the global market. Russia announced in April its plan to invest $1 billion in rare earth ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Mineral
China’s Ministry of Finance has announced the sliding-scale tariff plan for import of cotton in 2014. The tariff, applicable for cotton imports excluded from volume under import quotas, is as follows: a. If the cotton import ...
China's Ministry of Commerce on Friday announced the first round of 2014 export quotas for non-ferrous metals including rare earth and a list of enterprises eligible for export. Apart from rare earth, the first round of export quotas ...
Tags: China, Non-Ferrous Metal, Export Quotas
In excess of 100 senior representatives from the Irish dairy industry gathered in Dublin today for the launch of Bord Bia's national 'Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme' (SDAS). Delegates heard how the new dairy scheme is fundamental to ...
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is not going to impose quotas on imports of coking coal in the first quarter of 2014 as Ukrainian coke plants and companies have undertaken to buy a considerable proportion of coking coal from local state ...
Tags: Coking-Coal, Mineral
Beijing launched carbon emissions trading on Thursday, making it China's third market for carbon trading. An initial 490 companies, whose carbon emissions account for 40 percent of the city's total, have been included in the plan, ...
Tags: Carbon Market, Emissions
Guangdong, China's most populous province, is to launch a carbon permits market next month that will be the world's second biggest after the European Union, dwarfing those in Australia and California. China has pledged to reduce its ...
Tags: Carbon Market, Carbon Emissions
Fraserburgh fish processor G&J Jack is to close by the end of the year with the loss of all 55 jobs. Fish processor G&J Jack is to close by the end of the year with the loss of 55 jobs The firm has blamed the closure on EU fish landing ...
The kids are not alright in China — and the effect of a population shift could have significant implications for U.S. agriculture. Thirty years of a government mandated one-child policy have flipped China’s family tree into ...
Tags: US, agriculture, China, baby, boom
Crude oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) remained broadly unchanged at 29.93 million barrels per day (b/d) in October following production of 29.91 million b/d in September, a just-released ...
Ukraine's government has increased its quota on imports of coking coal used for steelmaking, by one million mt from the previous level to 11.2 million mt, according to decree No. 792. Also, according to the decree, Ukraine's quota on ...
Tags: Coking Coal, Coke