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April 6 - Peru should get about $1 billion in investments after signing 26 green energy contracts, companies involved said on Monday. The contracts last for 20 years and will generate about 9 percent of current power demand in the Andean country, the government said. The deals, ...
Electric car producer BYD Co is to sell its F3DM hybrid vehicle to individual buyers in Shanghai before the end of the month. BYD, backed by US billionaire Warren Buffett, may also raise the annual output of F3DM from 1,000 units this year in anticipation that the government's ...
p> PUWORLD(2010-03-26) Price of common flexible polyether polyols soared to two-year high of Rmb 15000/ton on tight supply and the slow recovery of downstream sectors after economic crisis, according to a market source. In recent years, the flexible polyether polyols industry ...
Chinese auto manufacturers are eyeing opportunities in Russia as that country witnesses a recovery in its domestic auto market, an industry insider said Tuesday at a major auto show in northeast China. Fu Jianguang, district manager of the Great Wall Motor Company Limited, said ...
China's automakers must expand research and development initiatives abroad in order to overcome limitations to their innovative and competitive abilities at home, an industry expert said Tuesday at a major auto show in northeast China. The three major advantages of conducting R&D ...
p> Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co., Ltd will introduce its innovative Wanthane? TPU series products at CHINAPLAS 2010(No. W3 N41), Shanghai, China from 19th to 22nd April, 2010. These innovative products will show the excellent R&D strengths of Yantai Wanhua and meet the ...
Chinese automakers have begun to ramp up efforts to develop hybrid autos, a move which industry experts said is crucial for China to transform from being a "big nation" to a "powerful nation" within the auto industry. In the ongoing seventh China Automobile Fair in northeast ...
Shanghai Volkswagen General Manager Liu Jian and three other high-ranking managers were killed Saturday in a traffic accident during a business trip to Jiuquan in northwestern Gansu Province, a company statement said Monday. The four were traveling to Jiuquan to host dealer ...
p> The global speciality chemicals market is expected to grow from $324.9bn in 2009 to $456.52bn by 2014, according to a recent report by MarketsandMarkets. It will record an estimated CAGR of 7% from 2009 to 2014. According to the report the speciality chemicals market, which is ...
Four fuel dispenser-like power chargers, with the words STATE GRID printed on them, are being shown at a major automobile exhibition Sunday, sparking the imagination about a future world of electric cars in China, the world' s largest auto market. These four white and green...
p> Chinese government on Wednesday ordered local mine safety regulators to crack down on safety violations in mines and other high-risk work places to "resolutely" prevent further tragedies in the wake of "many serious accidents" and heavy life losses. The recent coal-mine ...
While Chinese auto makers are busy expanding their share in the world's largest auto market, industrial experts have already begun to worry whether China's market would one day face overcapacity problems. Ge Baoshan, deputy secretary of the Party committee of the School of ...
p> Shanghai mayor Han Zheng and his Taipei counterpart Hau Lung-bin signed four memoranda of cooperation Tuesday afternoon, covering culture, tourism, environmental protection and technology. A Shanghai municipal government delegation of about 260 people, headed by Han, arrived ...
Exposure to certain chemicals and pollutants before a woman reaches her mid-30s could treble her risk of developing breast cancer after the menopause, Canadian scientists said on Thursday. In a study in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, a British Medical Journal title, the ...
China's auto-makers at their first ever summit Friday united behind a declaration to support and raise innovation in technology and management. Meeting at the seventh China Automobile Fair in northeast China's Jilin Province, industry chiefs issued a joint pledge to improve ...
BEIJING, April 8 -- A solar-powered airplane designed to fly around the world without fuel, successfully flew for 90 minutes above the Swiss countryside. This airplane is making the around-the-world dream of two Swiss adventurers possible. The Solar Impulse, which has 12,000 ...
The value of the gross output of China's auto industry surged 49 percent year on year to 2.086 trillion yuan (308 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of the year, officials at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Monday. At the same time, total ...
NEW YORK , Apr 8 - Oil prices fell 1 percent on Wednesday, snapping a string of six straight sessions of gains, pressured by a stronger dollar and U.S. government data showing a bigger-than-expected increase in crude inventories. U.S. light crude futures for May fell 96 cents, or ...
SOFIA,Apr 7 - The Bulgarian government on Wednesday proposed a ban for building solar and wind power farms on quality arable land to temper an investment boom that had sparked fears for grid instability and high energy prices. The ban is part of amendments to the agriculture land ...
NEW YORK, April 7 - Oil prices halted a six-day rising streak and retreated to below 86 U.S. dollars a barrel on Wednesday as growing fuel supply signaled a still weak demand. Light, sweet crude for May delivery fell to as low as 85.75 dollars a barrel before settling at 85.88 ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
China offers inspirations to global dilemmas
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Policies of China's new leadership in the ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
China's farm product pricing plan shifts to market orientation
The Number One Document also proposed a new pricing plan for China's ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Gaming Firms Find Going Tough
Employees demonstrate Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Xperia Play ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Lucrative golf industry lures stiff competition
Two models stand beside golf equipment and bags at a recent golf ...
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
Li Na wins French Open women's singles title
History-making tennis legend Li Na notched the first-ever grand slam ...