Australia must hold urgent talks with China to exempt coal producers from new tariffs in a free trade agreement due to be completed this year, an industry body said, following China's move to reintroduce coal tariffs after nearly a decade.

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday approved anti-dumping and countervailing investigations on imports of boltless steel shelving prepackaged for sale from China, paving the way for the Department of Commerce to set preliminary duties in the ...

The European Union has threatened to renew tariffs on aluminum foil from China and Brazil for another five years while letting lapse a similar levy against Armenia.

Pace of economic development and infrastructure expansion offers a wealth of opportunities, reports Du Juan in Jamshedpur, India.

Global demand for steel will grow by just 2 percent this year owing to a rebalancing of the Chinese economy and a slowdown in other emerging countries, the sector's trade body said on Monday.

China's first rare earth exchange has amassed almost two billion yuan in trade since opening in March, a recent report has shown.

The outlook for thermal coal import demand in China, the world's largest importer, is weak, rating agency Fitch said in its latest industry report.

BEIJING - The Chinese government on Monday vowed to reform tax on coal.