General Steel Holdings to Present at the 13th Annual JPMorgan Asia Pacific and Emerging Markets Equity Conference in New York

General Steel Holdings, Inc., one of China’s leading non- state owned steel products producers today announced that the Company will attend the 13th Annual JPMorgan Asia Pacific and Emerging Markets Equity Conference at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York City. Ross Warner, Director of IR, is scheduled to present at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Participation... 

Air Products Signs Long-Term Contract to Supply Coal Chemical Industry in Shaan’xi Province, Western China

Air Products has signed a long-term contract with Weihe Clean Energy Company Limited, a subsidiary of Shaan’xi Weihe Coal Chemical Group Ltd, one of China’s largest coal-based fertilizer and methanol producers, to supply onsite gaseous oxygen and nitrogen for its phase three coal-to-chemicals project in Weinan Hi-Tech Zone (WHTZ) in Weinan city, Shaan’xi Province, Western China. Air... 

CNPC, Yanchang Petroleum to Explore for Oil in Shaanxi

China National Petroleum Corp, the country’s largest oil and gas producer, plans to set up a joint venture with Yanchang Petroleum Group to explore for oil in northwestern Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Li Xiaodong, director of the Shaanxi Development and Reform Commission, was quoted as saying that the two parties each plans to maintain output from exploration at... 

China orders closure of another 1,053 unsafe coal mines

The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) on Friday published a list of another 1,053 unsafe coal mines that must be closed, after having closed 651 this year. The list includes 220 coal mines in Hunan, 207 in Sichuan, 140 in Chongqing, 80 in Shaanxi, 79 in Guizhou, 64 in Xinjiang and 51 in Liaoning. Small coal mines accounted for a third of all the coal mines in China, but caused two thirds of... 

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Soaring platinum brings mining rebound

Miners were in the spotlight today, as platinum prices climbed 11% in early trading to a record high, before later giving back some of their gains. Dealers said the platinum market was small compared with gold and silver, and was very illiquid, leading to volatile price movements. Part of the rise today was due to increasing demand from jewellers ahead of Christmas, but there is also growing talk of... 

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Powering China’s Juggernaut: Truckers Hauling Coal

Hunched over his steering wheel, Zhu Dexiu turned the key in the ignition as the engine rumbled awake and his coal truck lurched forward. The journey lasted about 30 feet. Then Mr. Zhu switched off the engine and waited for the next flurry of driving, maybe another 20 minutes off. It was 2 p.m. His goal was to reach the inspection station here on the eastern border of Shaanxi Province by 10 p.m. All... 

China to rein in investment in coal-chemicals industry

China will soon issue new regulations to put the brakes on increasing investment in the coal-chemicals industry which has been attracting interest amid soaring oil prices, state media has reported. “Investment in coal-chemicals projects in China has shown signs of overheating — many proposed plants will face great risk in terms of both technical feasibility and capital investment if we... 

China molybdenum producer plans $1 bln HK IPO-paper

Jinduicheng Molybdenum Group, the country’s largest producer of material used to harden stainless steel and alloy, is planning to raise up to HK$8 billion (US$1.02 billion) in an IPO in November, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Wednesday. The South China Morning Post cited market sources as saying the Shaanxi province-based company will sell 30 percent of its share capital in the IPO and will... 

China’s Shen Hua to produce 10 mln-ton coal-liquefied petroleum in 2012

Shen Hua Group Corporation Limited plans to put three liquefied coal projects into production in 2011 and 2012 with a capacity of producing 10 million tons of petroleum a year. The three projects, in Yulin city of West China’s Shaanxi Province and two in Yinchuan, capital of northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, will each be able to produce 3.2 million tons of petroleum a year or 75,000... 

China reins in fast growth of coal-to-liquid fuel projects

China has raised the capital threshold for projects converting coal to liquid fuel to brake a possible overheating in the coal-chemical industry, as excessive development of the fossil fuel pollutes the environment and strains the water supply. On July 7, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s industrial watchdog, issued a circular requiring local governments to tighten...