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Chilean copper mining giant seeks joint venture with Chinese company - People's Daily Online

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:22:02 -0000

The Chilean state-owned copper firm Nacional del Cobre (Codelco) is seeking a joint venture with Chinese company MinMetals to explore minerals in African and Asian countries.

Tags: china mining Codelco minmetals

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China economy "slowing but resilient," HSBC report says - People's Daily Online

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:20:39 -0000

China's economy will maintain strong growth thanks to resilient investment and exports and the government's strong fiscal position, an HSBC report said on Wednesday.

Tags: China economy

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China copper demand set to revive after Olympics - Rusmet.com

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:05:08 -0000

"This is a seasonally slow time of year and the Olympics have had a big effect," said Michael Widmer, analyst at Lehman Brothers. "Demand for copper should pick up as we go into September, we may see some restocking in China."

Tags: China demand trends

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China adopts recycling law, boost sustainable development_English_Xinhua

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:57:09 -0000

The aim of the law is to boost sustainable development through energy saving and
reduction of pollutant discharges.

Tags: China sustainability recycling

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China reverting to form as the world's workshop

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:05:22 -0000

China is set to overtake the US next year as the world's largest producer of manufactured goods, four years earlier than expected, as a result of the rapidly weakening US economy.

The great leap is revealed in forecasts for the Financial Times by Global Insight, a US economics consultancy. According to the estimates, next year China will account for 17 per cent of manufacturing value-added output of $11,783bn (£6,130bn) and the US will make 16 per cent.

Tags: china USA manufacturing trends

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FT.com / Home UK / UK - China seeks bigger deals and new sectors in Africa acquisition spree

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:17:06 -0000

High-level groups of bankers from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Standard Bank, respectively China and Africa's biggest banks, are examining potential targets in Africa's oil and gas, telecoms, base metals and power sectors, executives at the Johannesburg-based lender have told the Financial Times

Tags: trends mining china power

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FT.com / MARKETS / Commodities - Aluminium hits record on China cuts

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:03:42 -0000

Aluminium prices hit a record after China’s top 20 aluminium smelters announced plans to cut production by as much as 10 per cent from this month because of increasingly serious power supply problems across the country.

Tags: aluminium trends china

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China's Daye to use investment for copper mines-China Mining

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:15:10 -0000

Daye Nonferrous Metals Company, China's fifth-biggest copper producer, is likely to expand copper mine resources after a 1 billion yuan ($145.92 million) cash investment from Yangtze Power Co Ltd.

Tags: China trends

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China economy could continue to slow, national statistician says - People's Daily Online

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:16:22 -0000

China's economy might continue to decelerate as a result of slower industrial output growth and weakening overseas demand, according to a posting on the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) website

Tags: china economy trends

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China struggling to meet energy, pollution goals | Environment | Reuters

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:04:21 -0000

The country will shut down small coal-fired power generators producing 13 gigawatts this year and require at least 80 percent of buildings under construction to meet energy-saving standards for the construction process by the end of 2008, the report said.

Tags: building China trends

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China to build $400M smelter in Trinidad: Associated Press Business News - MSN Money

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:35:31 -0000

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - China will help build a $400 million aluminum smelter in Trinidad's southern region, according to the leader of the Caribbean island.

Tags: aluminium capacity smelter china trends

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China’s Mobile Phone Accounts Reach 592 Million

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:26:46 -0000

China’s fast-growing number of mobile phone accounts has risen more than 8 percent since the start of the year to 592 million, while demand for traditional fixed-line service is falling, a state news agency reported Thursday.

Tags: telephone china trends

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China to launch 10 key projects in western regions - People's Daily Online

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:48:53 -0000

These projects include new railway lines connecting Guiyang and Guangzhou, Lanzhou and Chongqing, Kashgar and Hotan in Xinjiang; highways between Wanyuan and Dazhou in Sichuan Province, Shuikou and Duyun in Guizhou Province; airport expansion projects in Chengdu, Chongqing and Xi'an.

They also include the building of hydropower stations, coal mines, gas and oil transmission tube lines as well as public utilities projects in western regions.

Tags: building infrastructure china trends

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BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Peru's 'copper mountain' in Chinese hands

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:08:20 -0000

It gets its name from its shape - The Bull With No Horns. And it is composed almost entirely of copper ore: two billion tonnes of it.

It could become the most productive copper mine anywhere on earth. Now it belongs, in effect, to China.

Tags: mining china peru trends

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China's aviation makers start consolidation for large jet building - People's Daily Online

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:58:48 -0000

China began the restructuring of its aviation industry by consolidating the two leading state-owned aircraft designers and producers.

Tags: aviation china

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China's Wind Power Industry: Blowing Past Expectations

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:53:22 -0000

At the end of 2007, China's installed base of wind power totaled just over 6 gigawatts (GW), making China the fifth largest producer of wind power, after Germany, the U.S., Spain and India.

Tags: wind china

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China Digital Times » The Great Leap Downward

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:06:48 -0000

China may be the world’s fastest-growing major economy, but its main stock market has fallen on hard times.

Tags: China economy trends

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Website on renewable resources trade launched in Suzhou - People's Daily Online

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:05:19 -0000

Meanwhile, it provides the latest market information for scrap metal, plastic scrap and waste paper every day; and updates on supply and demand including daily waste rubber, waste electronic/electric equipment, waste glass and waste leather.

Tags: china waste renewable

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China considering curb on aluminum exports | Environment | Reuters

Thu, 29 May 2008 08:26:14 -0000

Beijing is trying to reduce the country's exports of goods from heavily polluting or energy-intensive industries, especially as it faces recurring power shortages.

Tags: aluminium power china

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India follows China in grab for Australia's minerals : Business

Fri, 23 May 2008 07:59:21 -0000

ndia has followed China in making strategic investments in Australian companies to secure long-term supplies of the minerals its factories need.

Tags: india china trends

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