The announced merger between petrochemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont will have a significant impact on the low-density polyethylene market and could be just the beginning of large-scale consolidations, an industry consultant said ...
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Coal shipment volumes originated on US railroads were relatively flat week on week, Association of American Railroads data showed Wednesday. For the week that ended Saturday, the AAR said a total of 92,934 coal carloads traveled US ...
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Australia-listed Stanmore Coal has appointed mining contractor Golding to restart production at its Isaac Plains mine in the first half of 2016, the miner said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange Thursday. Stanmore ...
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Changes to the UK renewable energy subsidies, including programs such as Feed-in Tariff scheme and Renewable Obligation, will contribute a total reduction of GBP500 million-GBP600 million ($746 million-$895 million) from the Levy Control ...
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Crude futures settled Thursday at multi-year lows on a stronger US dollar and persistent concerns about oversupply. NYMEX January crude settled down 57 cents at $34.95/b, lowest front-month settle since February 2009. ICE February Brent ...
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China's climate endeavors, including its self-imposed commitments and extensive diplomatic efforts before and during the Paris climate talks, have been an indispensable part of global efforts leading to the making of final breakthrough at ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama said Monday they are ready to work with each other and other relevant parties to make sure that the historic climate accord reached in Paris will be effectively implemented. ...
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Volunteers of the second World Internet Conference are shown wearing Chinese style blue coats while debuting at Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province. These volunteers will serve the conference from December 16-18. [Photo: Imagine China] ...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Monday unveiled its major economic tasks for 2016, the first year of the country's 13th Five-year Plan. To reduce housing inventories, more migrant rural workers should be issued with urban-residency ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that China and France should work with all parties to effectively carry out the historic climate accord reached in Paris. During a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Francois ...
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Experts say the SCO members are very important countries along the route of the Belt and Road Initiative, and the project will help these countries find new growth opportunities. Zhang Jianping, a senior official from the National ...
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China's central bank projected its baseline forecast for 2016 growth at 6.8 percent on Wednesday, expecting the number of positive factors to gradually increase despite downward pressure on the economy. The rate is slightly lower than the ...
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Any enterprise in any doubt about the Internet's promotional power need only look at Taiwanese beverage firm EjiA Biotechnology. The company, among 10 in Taiwan that won awards from Alibaba for their performance in e-commerce on Tuesday, ...
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China's culture and creative industries have strong growth potential as the country improves its intellectual property protections, said Pony Ma, co-founder and chief executive of Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings. "We believe ...
China's cabinet, the State Council,approved major hydropower and nuclear power projects on Wednesday, vowing to continue developing clean energy to secure steady economic growth. The approved projects are the Wudongde hydropower station ...
Tags: clean energy, economic growth