BMW is planning to team up with Baidu to test autonomous driving technology in China under a project, code-named "Vision Zero". The company aims at achieving accident-free mobility without compromising on the comfort and efficiency of the ...
Tags: Autonomous Driving Technology, BMW
The spot alumina price in China's Henan was rangebound Wednesday at Yuan 2,860/mt ($465/mt) for 70:30 cash and credit payment terms, unchanged from September 30, as the market returned from an extended break from October 1-7 to celebrate ...
Tags: Spot alumina, Mineral
The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 (IMTS 2014) of Chicago, held Sept. 8-13, brought Taiwan's exhibitors some US$50 million of orders on-site, suggesting bright market outlook for the island's machine-tool makers at least ...
Tags: Machine Tool, vertical lathes
State-owned Air China says half-year profit rose 10 percent as foreign currency gains more than made up for declining passenger and cargo revenue. The Beijing-based airline said late Tuesday that earnings from its stake in Hong Kong's ...
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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 ...
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On Wednesday, after wee-hours bargaining that capped more than a decade of negotiations, Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation announced the signing of a 30-year gs-supply contract, estimated by the parties to be worth $400 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
A few days ago, I was in Washington, DC for a conference. On the sidelines of the conference, I met some American friends. We had an interesting discussion about China-US relations. It seems to me that a debate is going on in the United ...
Tags: China-US Relationship, Opinion
More than 24 million vehicles will be sold this year in the world's largest auto market, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has forecast. China's vehicle output is also expected to top 24 million units this year, ...
Tags: vehicles, auto market
China's environmental degradation has become a growing source of public consternation and a potential political liability. Premier Li Keqiang declared a "war on pollution" in March 2014, vowing to reduce emissions from power generation and ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Shale
China stands to gain much more than oil from deepening Western sanctions on Russia. Already in May, Moscow's tenuous international position prompted it to make concessions in order to sign a landmark gas supply agreement – the "Power ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
There is a saying about how soccer is perceived in three big nations: Americans are not interested in watching soccer games but are good at playing it; Chinese like watching it but are poor players; Indians are neither fond of it nor able ...
Tags: World Cup, Sporting, China Sporting
Higher aluminum prices have prompted some Chinese smelters to abandon production cutbacks and are seen leading to restarts of other plants, chipping away at what was expected to be the first global deficit after years of oversupply. A ...
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Australian beef supplier Bindaree Beef has signed a contract with China to airfreight shelf ready beef cuts to the country’s supermarket chains. Bindaree will select, prepare and package individual beef cuts that are used as ...
Tags: Bindaree Beef, Packaging
Shanxi Province-based Chinese stainless steel producer Taigang Stainless Steel Co., a subsidiary of Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. (TISCO), has announced that it plans to issue ultrashort-term bonds worth RMB 2.0 billion ($325 million) ...
The China government will prohibit the sale and export of 60W or above incandescent light bulbs beginning October 1, according to s China-based Beijing Morning Post report. A few 60W incandescent light bulbs are available for sale at ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Incandescent Bulbs, Bulb