China's iron ore import surged 18 percent in the first 7 months from a year ago to a total of 540 million tons,turning around from the beginning of this year. This came as China's manufacturing industries expanded at a mild pace, and international iron ore pri...

Rampant illegal mining, black market dealing and smuggling has seriously disrupted the rare earths market and led to a nosedive in prices of the resources in China, a senior insider has said.

China's top economic planner has banned the sale and import of high-ash and high-sulfur coal from September 1, it announced on Aug 6th.

China's leading steelmaker has estimated national crude steel output in 2013 at 822 million tons, nearly 6 percent above official data, suggesting the country's supply glut is worse than previously estimated.

China's central energy authority unveiled its photovoltaic (PV) development targets for 2014 on Tuesday, vowing to install 13 gigawatts of new PV power capacity this year.

According to Stainless Steel Council of China Special Steel Enterprises Association (CSSC), China produced 10.68 million tons of stainless steel in the first half of 2014, an increase of 21.19% compared to the same period of 2013.

China unveiled a detailed overcapacity replacement policy on last Thursday that will promote cuts in the iron and steel, electrolytic aluminum, cement and glass industries.

On the afternoon of July 30th,2014, the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC announced that Mr Chen Derong would be appointed