China s efforts to reduce pollution and improve productivity are expected to boost demand for high-quality iron ore, and that represents an opportunity for suppliers that offer top quality ore, said Fabio Schvartsman, CEO of Vale SA
China has allocated 19 33 million mt of oil product export quotas under the general trade route to the country s five state-owned oil companies -- CNPC, Sinopec, CNOOC, Sinochem and China National Aviation Fuel, market sources said late Sunday
Foreign investors began trade in domestic iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) Friday, another step in financial opening-up
China is looking to boost its role in global commodity markets by allowing foreign investors to trade iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange from Friday
At least three steel mills in the Chinese city of Xuzhou have suspended operations amid local authority orders to shut plants until they meet tough anti-pollution rules, three industry sources said
The 50th Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) kicked off in Houston on Monday amid recovering oil prices - the current price of around $70 a barrel is more than double its lowest point since the 2014 oil bust
China s commercial crude oil stocks fell 2 39 percent by the end of March, compared with a month earlier, while stocks of refined oil products edged down 0 55 percent
One of China s newly formed ministries, the Ministry of Natural Resources, has uploaded to a public database a massive amount of previously classified Chinese geological information, including estimates of mineral reserves and hydrogeology
Lower steel price has weighed upon steel sector s profit in the first quarter of this year, according to the China Iron and Steel Association
China will introduce overseas traders to the domestic iron ore futures market at the Dalian Commodity Exchange from May 4, which is expected to help develop a widely accepted price benchmark, said a top official from the DCE
The 8th US-China Petrochemical Forum was held Friday to promote energy cooperation between the two countries amid the current challenge of low oil prices
China s Ministry of Commerce on Thursday questioned the European Union s decision to extend anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel ropes and cables, saying the move "lacks economic rationality "
Russian gas giant Gazprom said on Friday that China will not provide the company with advance payments for gas supplies, Reuters reprots
Some of China s top refineries will shut in May and June for maintenance, cutting nationwide throughput by some 10 percent and dampening oil demand in the world s largest crude importer after record run levels in March
China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has warned about the rapid growth of crude steel output over fears of renewed oversupply
Scrap metal regeneration companies in China are likely to come under "huge pressure " after the country moved to ban imports of more types of solid waste, the head of a Chinese metal recycling body said on Thursday
The European Union (EU) has sought to join the consultations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) requested by China with the United States on the recent US steel and aluminum tariffs, the WTO said on Monday
China is committed to the goal of cutting 150 million metric tons of coal production capacity and will deepen supply-side reform with a focus on "zombie enterprise " withdrawal in 2018, according to the National Energy Administration
The China-proposed global energy interconnection (GEI) initiative provides a visionary solution for the world to make a transition from fossil-fuel based energy to a renewable energy future, a U S expert said
A number of steel and iron ore indicators have turned more bullish since March, with iron ore prices recovering over the past week