China will no longer grant permission for new coal mining projects with designed annual capacities of below 300,000 metric tons, as authorities plan to take more steps to trim excess capacity in the sector, top industry officials said on Tuesday.

Affected by weakening domestic demand and falling prices, private-sector steel producers fell out of the top 10 positions on the top 500 private companies list, which was released by the China Non-government Enterprise League on Sunday.

SunEdison Inc, a leading United States-based solar developer, has signed its second joint-venture project in China, which one leading analyst expects to mark a significant expansion by the company into the world's largest downstream solar market.

China's installed wind power capacity will reach 100 million kilowatts by the end of 2014, a year ahead of the scheduled targets for the year outlined in the

China's outbound investment in mining assets rose 83 percent to $24.8 billion last year on the back of the nation's growing appetite for commodities, industry experts said on Monday.

China's iron ore imports are set to rise to around 900 million metric tons this year, a 15 percent year-on-year growth, on the back of the country's growing steel production base and higher output capacity of overseas mining giants, experts said on Friday.

A new report on Shanghai's shipping sector has revealed an encouraging set of annual operating figures and also highlighted various issues,

China's electricity consumption, an important indicator of economic activity, remained lukewarm in September in another sign of subdued strength in the world's second-largest economy.