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Chinese mills start iron ore talks with miners Feb 04,2010
生意社2月4日讯 The paper said delegations from Baosteel, Wuhan Iron and Steel and others were already in the city to hold discussions with BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto of Australia and Brazil's Vale. Baosteel, Rio Tinto and BHP Billition all refused to comment on the report when contacted by Reuters on Tuesday. A spokesman for the China Ir...>>>
China extends anti-dumping measures on phenol Feb 04,2010
生意社2月4日讯 The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said in a statement posted on its website that it decided to review the measures a year ago in response to applications from domestic phenol companies. According to the MOC, if anti-dumping measures were discontinued, dumping of phenol might continue and would hurt the domestic industry agai...>>>
China allocates 12.7 bln USD farming subsidy Feb 20,2010
生意社2月20日讯 China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Thursday it had earmarked 86.7 billion yuan (12.7 billion U.S. dollars) of subsidy for grain-growing farmers nationwide. The subsidy is to partly offset the seed, pesticide and chemical fertilizer cost of farmers in their spring farming efforts, said the MOF in a statement on it...>>>
Going green never tasted so good Feb 20,2010
生意社2月20日讯 While the closest thing most students get to gardening is stealing virtual vegetables on kaixin001.com, 28-year-old Shi Yan, a Ph.D candidate in agriculture at Renmin University of China (RUC), is going organic, promoting eco-agriculture and healthy living by bringing co-op vegetable farming to China. Organically inspired...>>>
Fire breaks out at chemical plant, injures 2 Feb 25,2010
生意社2月25日讯 Smoke billows out from a chemical plant in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 20, 2010. A fire broke out at the silicone oil department of the organic silicon plant around 14 local time (0600 GMT) Saturday. Fir...>>>
Glaxo to remove zinc from denture cream Feb 25,2010
生意社2月25日讯 The maker of Poligrip denture cream will stop making formulas containing zinc amid lawsuits claiming years of excessive use caused neurological damage and blood problems in consumers, allegedly crippling some. GlaxoSmithKline will stop making and marketing Super Poligrip Original, Ultra Fresh and Extra Care products in th...>>>
Profits surge for China's listed in 2009 Mar 03,2010
It has been a bumper year for China's businesses with around 70 percent releasing annual reports listing staggering profits. The rise in profits for China's listed companies in 2009 was spurred by real estate developers and machine manufacturers thanks to a rebound in the housing market and huge government stimulus. According to Wi...>>>
Shanghai to ensure clean air for World Expo Mar 03,2010
Shanghai and its neighboring regions are implementing a string of measures to guarantee good air quality and a healthy environment for the upcoming World Expo 2010 to be held in the city from May 1 to Oct. 31. The Shanghai environmental protection bureau told Xinhua Friday that the measures mainly targeted coal-fired power plants a...>>>
Climate change hurting Tibet Mar 04,2010
The impact of global warming is affecting the ecological environment of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, accelerating glacial shrinkage, reducing snow and increasing land desertification, officials said. "Global climate change has made Tibet's environment much more fragile than before," Hao Peng, vice-chairman of the Tib...>>>
How green is my Apple? Mar 04,2010
Last year Casey Harrell, coordinator of Greenpeace's electronics campaign, paid Apple's Cupertino, Calif., campus a friendly visit. Apple had promised all its products would be free of a toxic chemical known as polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It had done the job, almost. The holdup: Apple had to develop a PVC-free power cord (in white, o...>>>
Water project alters flow of life along its route Mar 05,2010
When Wu Huasheng was told that after 2013 he would be unable to continue fishing the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, something he has done for four decades, he was philosophical. "It is for the greater good. I'm willing to make the sacrifice," he said. The 52-year-old is one of thousands of fishermen along the waterway wh...>>>
Key figures from top planner's 2010 annual report to China parliament Mar 08,2010
China's National Development and Reform Commission on Friday submitted a report on the implementation of the country's 2009 national economic and social development plan and on the 2010 draft development plan to the National People's Congress, China's top legislature. Following are some key figures from report: ACHIEVEM...>>>
Toxic liquids dumped near Yangtze Mar 10,2010
An unlicensed recycling company dumped hundreds of barrels of toxic material near the Yangtze River, potentially threatening local water supplies. Two men have been detained by police in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province. In late January, police in Nanjing's Jiangning district received reports that more than 500 bar...>>>
$1.4b expansion for joint Sinopec-BASF project Mar 10,2010
On the outskirts of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, a joint project between China's largest refiner Sinopec and German chemical company BASF is undergoing a new round of expansion. A total of $1.4 billion has been budgeted for the expansion, making it the leading chemical production site in China. The move conforms with Chin...>>>
Key figures from top planner's 2010 annual report to China parliament Mar 11,2010
China's National Development and Reform Commission on Friday submitted a report on the implementation of the country's 2009 national economic and social development plan and on the 2010 draft development plan to the National People's Congress, China's top legislature. Following are some key figures from report: ACHIEVEM...>>>
China to achieve goal of cutting pollutant emissions: official Mar 11,2010
Zhang Lijun, Vice Minister of Environmental Protection, answers a question during a press conference on energy-saving emission reduction and climate change held on the sidelines of the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress in Bei...>>>
China, India join Copenhagen treaty Mar 11,2010
China and India aligned Tuesday with the Copenhagen Accord that combats climate change, joining almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters in endorsing the non-binding pact, Reuters reported. Su Wei, the Chinese climate negotiator, told the Bonn-based UN climate change secretariat in an official letter that it could "proceed to...>>>
City governments fined for Yellow River pollution in northwest China Mar 15,2010
The governments of Xi'an and Xianyang, two major cities in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, have been fined a total of 500,000 yuan (73,530 U.S. dollars) for polluting a tributary of the Yellow River, China's second longest waterway, the local environment watchdog said Thursday. The two cities are the first to be penalized by th...>>>
Chile's new gov't promises change, faces challenges Mar 15,2010
The government of new Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, which took office on Thursday, will have to first focus on the emergency created by the Feb. 27 8.8- magnitude earthquake, before fulfilling Pinera's campaigning promises of boosting efficiency and creating jobs. As if to underline the overwhelming importance of the emergenc...>>>
A poisoned sense of duty Mar 18,2010
China has an unfortunate recent history of scandals involving people sickened or killed by contaminated food. An official's response to the latest case shows one reason this keeps happening. Tons of cowpeas from the southern island of Hainan carried residues of toxic pesticides called isocarbophos. They recently ended u...>>>
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