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.

The US Commerce Department announced Tuesday that it initiated anti-dumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations against imports of boltless steel shelving from China.

Higher tariffs and tougher regulations imposed by Europe and the United States seem to have had the opposite effect from what was intended on China's solar companies as their global module shipments hit record highs for the second quarter, an industry report s...