The Chinese market has started to hold bids for power plants in February. Judging from the winning prices, modules prices have declined. The winning price for 5MW of Hanwha’s 280W mono-Si modules reached RMB 2.91/W (US$ 0.362/W) and ...
Tags: multi-Si wafers, polysilicon
China National Energy Administration released statistics right after the Lunar New Year: Up until late-2016, the cumulative PV installation reached 77.42GW in China. The newly-added installation reached 34.54GW in 2016, a doubled growth ...
Tags: PV installation, mono-Si modules
Although the Lunar New Year holiday has ended, employees in China will have to wait until the Lantern Festival to return to work. In addition, power plant installation has been suspended in China during the Lunar New Year holiday, leading ...
Tags: PV Market, Solar Cell
Last week's Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair set an improved tone for the diamond market despite challenging conditions in the Far East. Overall, it should be considered a good show as dealer trading picked up after a very slow summer. After ...
With a history of 55 years in Milan, the Salone del Mobile is recognised as one of the leading events for the furniture and interior design industry. Last April in Milan, Salone del Mobile.Milano witnessed a record number of 3,72,151 ...
Tags: Salone del Mobile.Shanghai, first edition, Chinese furniture market
Infant formula sales have grown by 30 per cent in the past year according to Dairy Australia’s new Situation and Outlook report released today. The growth in formula sales is the highlight of the report which otherwise reflects an ...
Tags: Infant formula, Milk
2016 is looking to be the year of soybeans. Chris Hurt, Purdue University agricultural economist, is predicting corn acreage to be 1.5% to 2% lower and soybean acreage to be around 2% higher for the Midwest’s 2016 growing season. With ...
Chile's CAP Mineria's net profits in the first nine months of the year fell 83% to $17.3 million as lower iron ore prices cut income despite higher shipments and record production, according to results late Friday. The company, the mining ...
Policy directives from the Chinese government continue to drive the country’s demand for photovoltaic (PV) systems. China’s National Energy Agency has recently increased the national PV installation target and expects an ...
Tags: PV Systems, Solar Cell
Chinese demand for seaborne-traded thermal coal will fall sharply from 2016, dragging prices down in its wake, analysts at Goldman Sachs said this week. In a report entitled The Tiger and the Dragon, the bank's analysts downgraded their ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Coal, Coal Mining
Credit rating agency India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has maintained an overall stable outlook for the cotton textile sector for FY16. This is led by stable spinning margins in the cotton yarn segment, range-bound cotton prices and ...
Tags: textile manufacture, garment manufacture, cotton textile
The National Australia Bank’s price and production forecast report expects wool and cotton prices to generally rise in Australian dollar terms. The NAB report provides production and price forecasts for 2015-16 for seven major ...
Tags: National Australia Bank's, Rural Commodities Index, wool industry
The export value of United States hardwood to China jumped 34 percent year-on-year in 2014 as the country increased its demand for more sustainably sourced materials for its urbanization program and for environmental projects. The value ...
Tags: Hardwood, Hardwood Products
Hit by sluggish Chinese demand, India’s cotton export is expected to fall 29 per cent to 7 million bales in the current crop year that ends in September. India has so far exported only 4.5 million bales of cotton this year, media ...
Tags: Chinese demand, cotton export
Australian farmers, agribusiness and food business entrepreneurs working with Chinese businesses are reporting greater access to new markets and value chains, which is translating to increased profits, according to new research released ...