Tianjin Municipality-based Chinese steelmaker Rockcheck Iron and Steel Group Co. (Rockcheck Steel) has signed a cooperation agreement with Beijing-based Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, as reported by Tianjin Daily on November 25. ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
The spot price for South African charge chrome (48-52% Cr) was assessed at 83-84 cents/pound CIF China Friday, down from 83-85 cents/lb CIF China assessed the previous week, amid slow demand. The spot price of Indian-origin high carbon ...
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German auto giants Volkswagen AG, BMW and Daimler see China's future as being electric - encouraged by generous government subsidies - but that bet puts them at odds with some of their Asian rivals. While the Europeans were heralding the ...
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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 ...
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Beijing - Activity in China's vast factory sector grew at a milder pace in November as new export orders shrank, a preliminary survey showed on Thursday, bolstering expectations the economy could lose some of its vigor in the fourth quarter ...
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China's leading photovoltaic (PV) producer Hanergy has reiterated that thin-film technology, as opposed to crystalline silicon cells, is the future of solar energy application. Li Hejun, the company's chairman, said most clean energy ...
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German automaker Daimler has acquired a 12% stake in its Chinese partner BAIC Motor, the passenger car unit of Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC Group). This transaction marks the first investment by a non-Chinese automotive company in a ...
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When a Chinese engineering firm sets off to build a road or a dam in a distant country, a Chinese bank is usually not far behind them. Bank branches bearing Chinese characters can be found on the streets of Lima and Warsaw, as well as Paris ...
Clothing has always been the first thing to change following with the birth of a new Chinese dynasty, says Fang Hongjun, who has studied Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) clothing for 24 years at Beijing's Palace Museum. The Qing Dynasty's ...
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For China Mobile executives, it seems like just yesterday that the mobile carrier was the only game in town. The company, the world’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, dominated the industry for most of the past decade. With ...
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The frequent occurrence of extreme weather conditions in China has caused an average of more than 2,000 deaths and up to 200 billion yuan ($32.8 billion) of direct economic loss every year since the 1990s, according to Beijing's latest ...
Daimler signs a rent agreement with Beijing Wangjing New Industrial Area Integrated Development Co. ,Ltd. enabling itself to own a brand new R&D base with 13,000 square meters in China. “China is an important market. Daimler has ...
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China's listed steel companies posted a net profit of 5.85 billion yuan ($960 million) in the first three quarters, reversing an industry-wide loss from a year earlier, China Securities Journal reported over the weekend. A total of 33 ...
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German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has opened its Beijing Benz Automotive (BBAC) engine plant to produce passenger-car engines in Beijing on 18 November 2013. The company commenced the construction of this plant in 2011 with EUR400m ...
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As China continues to rise as the new Asian powerhouse, there has been a steady stream of reports which have detailed the country's staggering lack of standards when it comes to producing manufactured goods, so it was only mildly shocking ...
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