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COLLAPSE OF CHINA WASTE IMPORT MARKET COULD BE LONG TERM WARN EXPERTS
BY MARK GODFREY
TO the casual observer in Beijing there is plenty of proof that China’s market for recyclable waste has crashed. The army of waste collectors that normally patrols the city’s thoroughfares has visibly thinned over the past two month.…
THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO SUPPLY HYBRID AND ELECTRIC CAR BATTERIES GATHERS STEAM
BY ANDREW CAVE and KARRYN MILLER
FACING a looming energy crisis, the battle to produce lithium ion batteries to power hybrid and battery cars is heating up. Germany’s Robert Bosch and Samsung of South Korea recently formed a joint venture SB LiMotive Co to compete with the likes of BorgWarner, Johnson Controls, TRW and Continental.…
COMMISSION LAUNCHES CHINA AND VIETNAM SHOE DUTY REVIEW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission announced this afternoon (Oct 2) decided to launch a review of the European Union’s (EU) anti-dumping duties on leather shoes from China and Vietnam, extending their operation while this study is undertaken.
This will upset many exporters and importers, as well as 15 of the 27 EU member states who opposed the review.…
EXXON MOBIL SUPER-SIZED CHINA REFINERY ON-STREAM NEXT YEAR
BY MARK GODFREY
GIVEN that much of the world’s shoes, giftware and electronic appliances are made in China’s southeastern Fujian province, it is easy to understand why ExxonMobil fought so hard to join Aramco and China’s Sinopec in building a huge refinery here.…
CHINA PAINT AND COATINGS BOOM SET FOR THE LONG TERM
BY MARK GODFREY
GIVEN the armies of migrant workers slapping millions of litres of paint onto the walls of spanking new hotels and creaking 1950s apartment blocks in and around Beijing during the preparations for the Olympic Games it is not surprising that paint demand in China currently outstrips that of India by five times, in tonnage used.…
ITER STARTS WORK IN EARNEST: MILLIONS OF EUROS AVAILABLE FOR ITS NUCLEAR FUSION RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DESPITE widespread scepticism about its viability, the ITER project to build the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion reactor is now under way. It is employing specialists (nearly 300 staff and rising at the end of 2008); releasing Euro millions in research and procurement funding; and in November moved into its headquarters, in Cadarache, southern France, which is where the first nuclear fusion reactor will be built on a 180 hectare site.…
EU AND CHINA SIGN FOOD SAFETY ACCORD
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHINA and the European Union (EU) have signed an updated memorandum of understanding on improving food product and ingredient safety cooperation and guarantees. Negotiated following China’s milk powder contamination scandal, the new agreement provides for joint enforcement actions where EU and China health inspectors carry out coordinated and simultaneous checks on particular food sectors to check product safety standards.…
CHINA TOBACCO INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION CONTINUES; SECTOR NOW EYEING FOREIGN MARKETS
BY WANG FANGQING
THE HONGHE Group and the Hongyun Group, the two major Chinese tobacco companies located in the key tobacco-growing Yunnan province have recently (WHEN EXACTLY?) submitted a merger agreement to the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), the Beijing-based industry watchdog.…
EU BOOSTS VIGILANCE ON CHINA DAIRY PRODUCTS AFTER MELAMINE SCARE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is maintaining vigilance on imports of Chinese dairy-based products as concerns persist about their potential contamination with the chemical melamine. A ban was imposed on imports of such foods designed for infants or young children and systematic checks were ordered for other composite products containing milk and spot checks on processed foodstuffs with high protein content.…
CHINA'S BLOCK ON IMPORTED WASTE PLASTICS MAYBE LONG TERM
BY MARK GODFREY and ALAN OSBORN
MANUFACTURERS at China’s largest trade fair say falling orders mean China is unlikely to ease an effective moratorium on imports of recyclable plastics anytime soon. Producers of plastic-based household items at the bi-annual Canton Fair in Guangzhou, in China’s key southern manufacturing belt, told Plastics & Rubber Weekly that a dramatic decline in exports of toys and household goods had prompted the Chinese government to impede the import of waste plastic, and the market could remain closed for a year or more.…