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Oil market tightened in December, IEA monthly report says
Chinese demand increased while Saudi output eased, January Oil Market Report finds 21 January 2013 The global oil market tightened in December as Chinese demand increased and Saudi output decli...
Rob Fawkner joins TROX UK board as production director
January 21, 2013 Rob Fawkner has been appointed to the board of TROX UK as production director. A chartered engineer, Mr Fawkner graduated from Cambridge University with a first class Bachelor’s honours degree in Chemical Engineering, followed by a Master of Engineering. He began his career in 1988 as a process engineer with ICI before moving to BASF. He specialised in manufacturing management du...
China's industrial output up 10% in 2012
2013/1/21 BEIJING - China’s industrial production growth slowed in 2012 from a year earlier to 10 percent year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Friday. The figure represents a 3.9...
China and Vietnam get funding support to phase out HCFCs
17/01/2013 In November 2012, the World Bank approved a grant of USD 73 million from the Multilateral Fund to China to support its efforts to phase out HCFC consumption and production. The Mont...
WB predicts 8.4% growth for China
2013-01-17 Developing countries, led by China and Brazil, will see greater progress in their economic recoveries, as high-income countries continue to struggle in the wake of the global financial crisis of several years ago, according to a World Bank report. According to the bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report published on Wednesday, its growth prospect for the global economy in 2013 w...
2013 will be a year of recovery for China: HSBC
2013-01-16 China is going to see positive growth in economic development with higher efficiency in production and increased consumption, which is a great sign of recovery, according to HSBC’s prediction for the economy in 2013. "China will face a new era with economic growth while the US and European countries are still suffering with the severe financial crisis," Stephen King, HSBC Bank chief ec...
China's Appliance Stimulus Program Drives Sales of $116 Bill
Jan 16, 2013 China’s stimulus program to boost appliance sales in rural regions helped increase 2012 unit sales by 22.6%, to 79,913 million units, according to data released by China’s Ministry of Commerce. The stimulus program has been in-place since February 2009. Chinese sales of home appliances in rural areas (excluding sales in provinces of Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, and Qingdao City) in 2012...
Li pledges measures in fight for clean air
2013-01-16 China will strengthen the enforcement of environmental laws, and take other measures to tackle air pollution, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Tuesday. "We published accurate PM2.5 data....
